Sigrid Nunez Quotes

Read as much as possible, especially the work of writers who most deeply affect you. Make those writers your family. Never wait for inspiration to strike before getting to work; be disciplined and form the habit of writing every day.

Sigrid Nunez

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Yes, we've seen it all before. And yes, those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it. But no, the sky is not falling - baseball is such a great game that neither the owners nor the players can kill it. After some necessary carnage, market forces will prevail.

John Thorn

HistoryGreatSkyBaseballGame

When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.

Anais Nin

YourselfWorldYouOthersMake

In New York, working at the foundry, I was making these little figures. I desperately would like to make big figures, but I just can't do it; my hands don't do it. We were talking about making bronze plinths, and then we made one, a square one. I wrote on it, then I put a little figure on top, and it just looked really good. It worked.

Tracey Emin

GoodNew YorkTalkingHandsNewTop

I don't deviate - once you get validated for being you, I don't know why you would deviate. I stick to my gut and my taste.

Russ

YouKnowWhyTasteGutStick

Sometimes a nickname is used instead of the real name. But a nickname may offend either the one named or the parents who gave the name.

Russell M. Nelson

ParentsNameSometimesRealMayWho

I found out only recently that we were making an index of enemy code signs.

Mary Wesley

EnemySignsOutOnlyFoundCode

Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.

Louisa May Alcott

MoneyEvilMorePotatoesWithout

Cyberspace can't compensate for real space. We benefit from chatting to people face to face.

Jonathan Sacks

TechnologySpacePeopleFaceReal

There are features that African Americans have that are similar! There are features that white people have that are similar! Features that Hispanic people have that are similar!

Don Lemon

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As for the symphonic activities... when I was a student at the Eastman School of Music, I became exposed to a lot more musical forms, elements, opportunities, and I fell in love with strings and their uses.

Chuck Mangione

LoveMusicSchoolOpportunitiesMore

A plumber is an adventurer who traces leaky pipes to their source.

Arthur Baer

PlumberSourceWhoPipesTraces

I've been in a lot of elections.

Arlen Specter

ElectionsBeenLot

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