Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes

I was directed because I knew I wanted to be a novelist, but I didn't have a very good job or a way of getting published. I found those years to be among the most difficult of my life.

Jeffrey Eugenides

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I like to be productive - it's very hard for me to go on vacation because I just feel like I'm losing time.

Jim James

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I'm big-busted... I can't always wear the cutest bras, and it makes me so mad.

Jessica Simpson

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I'm not super-athletic.

Andrew Bogut

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When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best - that is inspiration.

Robert Bresson

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I was eight when I played St. Joseph, and I told my mom from that moment on I wanted to be an actor.

Rory O'Malley

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The EPA code needs to set forth a clear, regular, and rational system of penalties for violations of its code, with the amount of the penalty set in proportion to the amount of pollutant released by a given defendant, and no penalties imposed in the absence of any pollutant released.

Robert Zubrin

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I want to work with anyone who's passionate about telling a story. I obviously have a list of people I really love, but it's a really long list.

Matt Bomer

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I was brought up bilingual, but there came a point where my mom went back to work and I got a white babysitter, so sadly I lost it. Now I can understand Spanish and put words together, but I don't speak it fluently. I'm ashamed of that.

Michael Trevino

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I had great faith in Irish actors, that they'd be hip to the whole theatre thing, and they are. I had no illusions of coming over here as some kind of big shot. It's been a learning experience for me too.

Christopher Meloni

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I want to listen to my Apple Music on my iPhone. I also want to listen to it on my iPad. I want to play it on my Apple TV; I want to be connected everywhere I go. It fits into the puzzle of everything that is Apple, and, therefore, it should not be seen as some sort of separate entity that is trying to find its way.

Bozoma Saint John

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I want people to be excited about cooling towers and megasheds; they're as much part of our history as the rural barn.

Antony Gormley

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When you work in TV long enough, you tend to get a little jaded with different things you have to deal with.

Willie Geist

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