Siri Hustvedt Quotes

Every time I finish a book, I say to an imaginary god that I do not believe in, 'Please let me live to write another one.'

Siri Hustvedt

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LiveGodTimeMeBookBelieve

I like to keep my budgets at a certain price when I work for someone else, and even more so now that I'm working for myself, and use new technologies to deliver films that look like they have high production levels.

Robert Rodriguez

WorkMyselfSomeoneLookPriceNew

The most irritating movie character for me was that cradle-to-grave commie, Mary Poppins.

Ann Coulter

CharacterMeIrritatingMostMovie

Since I'm a story-oriented critic, sometimes it's difficult to discuss issues without defining them. At the same time, I try not to give away anything that hasn't been given away in first half, in TV commercials, or that isn't obvious from the set-up of the movie. My editors are aware of this tendency of mine and read carefully for spoilers.

Stephen Hunter

TimeSometimesTryDifficultFirst

Ballet targets smaller muscles that you don't often use - instead of working your quads, it works the inside and the back of your leg.

Mary Helen Bowers

YouBackInsideLegWorkingMuscles

In all my fantasies, I always assumed I would get married and have six children along the way with the greatest of ease.

Molly Ivins

ChildrenWayAlwaysGreatestGet

There is this thing in America where actresses reach 40 and go mad. The film industry wants all these young people.

Monica Bellucci

PeopleReachAmericaMadGoYoung

A person's a person, no matter how small.

Dr. Seuss

RespectSmallPersonMatterHow

With wrestling, we're still athletes. I train like we're an athlete as opposed to a body builder. Some people still have that body-builder mentality. But not from me. I do a lot of agility work and stuff like that.

Bobby Lashley

WorkPeopleMeBodyTrainAthlete

I have no illusions of being an icon to young girls or anybody.

Anushka Sharma

YoungBeingIllusionsIconAnybody

I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.

William Morris

EducationFreedomArtWantMoreFew

We should use our old moral values and our love of peace as the foundation of national reconstruction and look forward to the day when we shall become leaders in world reconstruction upon lines of international justice and good will.

Sun Yat-sen

LoveGoodJusticeDayPeaceWorld

I think we spend so much of our lives trying to pretend that we know what's going to happen next. In fact we don't. To recognize that we don't know even what will happen this afternoon and yet having the courage to move forward - that's one meaning of faith.

Sharon Salzberg

FaithCourageForwardThinkMeaning

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