Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes

I'm not really an autobiographical writer, though I use lots of stuff from my life to make my stories seem real. But when I actually write about myself, I get very confused.

Jeffrey Eugenides

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LifeMyselfConfusedMy LifeWrite

As soon as you get off stage, that's the most dangerous time for a singer to kiss people because your vocal chords are receptive to any kind of germ.

Anita Baker

TimeKissPeopleYouDangerousKind

I was suited for fame, and I mean that in the most non-egocentric way. I don't mind gearing my life towards privacy. It's my nature.

John Travolta

LifeNatureMindMy LifePrivacy

In an ideal world for me, school lunch would be free for everybody.

Tom Colicchio

SchoolMeLunchWorldFreeWould

Stand up for what you know is right.

Ronald Isley

Stand UpStandYouKnowRightUp

I learned to surf for 'Soul Surfer.' Surfing is like golf: You're always battling, and it keeps knocking you down. There are a lot of wipeouts. But when you stay with it and catch that wave, you really taste it. It's magic.

Dennis Quaid

SoulGolfWaveMagicYouDown

Write in a disciplined manner, but write in a way that is natural to the individual's thought processes.

Donald McKay

ThoughtWayWriteIndividualNatural

I was interested in a lot of subjects from very early on. And that's uniquely Chicano because every Chicano I knew always had three jobs.

Cheech Marin

EarlyThreeAlwaysBecauseKnew

I'd rather have a hundred thousand or a million people saying I'm nuts and I'm crazy for my musical choices and what I've said lyrically, than a million people all raising their hand on the first day.

Chuck D

DayPeopleCrazySayingChoices

It's such a different spectrum of tragedies when you talk to people in developing countries.

Brandon Stanton

PeopleYouTalkDifferentSpectrum

Scientists are peeping toms at the keyhole of eternity.

Arthur Koestler

EternityKeyholeScientistsToms

I think the main thing I remembered throughout all of filming it was just that she just was extremely self-destructive. I think everybody can relate to that a little bit. She doesn't like herself.

Shannyn Sossamon

ThinkSheLittleRememberedHerself

We're like old people now playing music. I'm so glad we stuck it out because it's a lot better. I used to feel kind of anxious. Now our apprenticeship is over.

Thurston Moore

MusicPeopleBetterFeelNowKind

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