Michelle Dean Quotes

Research can be a boon to a novelist - there are more things in heaven and Earth than can be dreamt of in a single writer's philosophy - or it can become a hindrance, a thick layer of algae that weighs down the storytelling.

Michelle Dean

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I find it very hard to play a part, then take it off like a cheap suit and become Mr Normal - Mr. Nice Guy.

Jimmy Nail

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Not disown my past or upbringing, but I'd admired American actors, really American movie star - particularly the rebel heroes of the '50s.

Maxwell Caulfield

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'Unlikely Brothers' talks about the importance of citizen action and shows why and how we can make a difference.

John Prendergast

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Democracy is not just an election, it is our daily life.

Tsai Ing-wen

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Denver has smart and energetic crowds that appreciate good comedy and don't take themselves too seriously.

Ron Funches

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At Cornell University, my professor of European literature, Vladimir Nabokov, changed the way I read and the way I write. Words could paint pictures, I learned from him. Choosing the right word, and the right word order, he illustrated, could make an enormous difference in conveying an image or an idea.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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I used to get painful crushes on really unavailable guys.

Molly Shannon

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I don't think I'm a country artist, really. I'm a country person, but I don't think I'm necessarily a country singer or musician.

Jason Isbell

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We've had enough with the gun shows where you can buy from private sellers with no FBI background check.

Dick Durbin

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Human beings are human beings. They say what they want, don't they? They used to say it across the fence while they were hanging wash. Now they just say it on the Internet.

Dennis Miller

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We're not going to cure terrorism and spread peace and goodwill in the Middle East by killing innocent people, or I'm not even saying our bullets and bombs are killing them. The occupation that they don't have food. They don't have clean water. They don't have electricity. They don't have medicine. They don't have doctors.

Cindy Sheehan

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The best way to make a good deal is to have the ability to walk away from it.

Brian Koslow

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