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Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes

I'm aware of cliches and I'm aware of experiments that have been done and I'm aware of a kind of deadness to a lot of realism both in the language and in the structure of a book.

Jeffrey Eugenides

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: April 13, 1960

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Book Language Done Kind Structure

For me personally, I just try to prove myself in my work. I'm just trying to get better at what I do, and hopefully that will impact women in music, and hopefully the girls in the crowd will see my up there as a bandleader and think, 'Wow, maybe I can do that one day.'

Jenny Lewis

Work Women Music Myself Day Me

When we go to a restaurant, they don't ask, 'Do you want the asbestos section or the non-asbestos section?' They do ask, 'Do you want smoking or nonsmoking?'

John Roberts

Restaurant Smoking You Go Want Ask

Look, I think the worst case scenario is obvious. I think first of all it doesn't work for very long. It's an unstable government that raises taxes and destroys the image we're building for Canada as a strong place to invest.

Stephen Harper

Work Government Building Think Look

Our friend, Timothy J. Russert, was a man who awoke every morning as if he had just won the lottery the day before. He was determined to take full advantage of his good fortune that he couldn't quite believe and share it with everyone around him.

Tom Brokaw

Good Friend Morning Day Man Believe

A man of merit owes himself to the homage of the rest of mankind who recognize his worth.

Jules Verne

Man Rest Worth Mankind Homage Who

I always wanted to act. To be with my friends. To share something with the audience about the human condition.

Jason Robards

Friends Human Always Audience Act

When someone comes in with a product they want in Bed Bath & Beyond, that's way out of my comfort zone.

Chris Sacca

Comfort Zone Someone Comfort Bath

Usher is amazing. He's perfection to me as a performer. He gets down.

Ciara

Perfection Amazing Me Down He Usher

We had a cistern for water. My grandmother churned butter and made lye soap. She and my mother did the washing in a wash kettle outdoors, using a fire to heat the water. That's the way they did the wash until the 1950s.

Bobbie Ann Mason

Mother Water Fire Outdoors Way Heat

Life is pain, highness. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something.

William Goldman

Life Pain You Selling Something Who

I had one young man tell me he wished I was his mom. Another young woman told me that every time she watched 'The Office,' I reminded her of her mother, who had just passed away a year ago, and that every time she saw me she felt as if she had a piece of her mom still with her.

Phyllis Smith

Mother Time Woman Man Me Mom

If you're responsible, and you're willing to take responsibility, we'll give you a pass.

Susan Estrich

Responsibility You Responsible Take