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Michelle Dean Quotes

A good novelist pays attention to his characters. A good biographer pays attention to the documents before her. A good critic pays close attention to the thing she's brought to evaluate.

Michelle Dean

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: 1983

Topics

Good Attention She Critic Her Close

Performing in front of a live audience can be pretty intimidating, so having a full head of hair was important to me.

Joey Fatone

Live Me Hair Important Head Pretty

When a dish really hits a nerve with the American palate, it can really take off across the entire country, facilitated by food vendors' freedom to copy good ideas.

Jennifer Lee

Good Freedom Food Ideas American

I guess I'm reasonably confident in all honesty. But I definitely don't think I'm arrogant. I'm pretty down to earth, I mean I'm genuinely down to earth.

John Key

Honesty Think Confident Down Earth

Everything about 'Hugo' to me is poignant, from the broken orphan to the old man losing his past to the fragility of film itself.

John Logan

Past Man Broken Losing Me Old Man

I believe things cannot make themselves impossible.

Stephen Hawking

Impossible Believe Brainy I Believe

It's not precisely that I'm not ambitious. I love what I do, and I love doing it, and I love getting better at it. I just am not willing to risk... much... to go on to the next level.

Summer Phoenix

Love Better Getting Better Doing Go

I love making music and I'm falling in love with making records, so it's like having two girlfriends. But I can handle it.

Snoop Dogg

Love Music Falling In Love I Can Two

I think it would be very difficult to maintain one kind of art or whatever for your whole life. I think it's unrealistic.

Sia

Life Art Think Kind Difficult Whole

A world in which government is burdened by historic debt, philanthropy has limited resources, and the private sector is only interested in its own personal gain is simply unsustainable.

Simon Mainwaring

Government World Debt Personal Own

Being in a male-dominated industry, you can feel like a little excluded. That was making me feel like maybe I'm not funny. I was really seriously considering, like, quitting standup.

Phoebe Robinson

Funny Me Feel You Seriously Little

Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

People Ridiculous Stick Most

For some people, staying grounded means doing yoga. For others, it's spending time with family. Social media, too, can be a lifesaver.

Ryan Holmes

Family Time Social Media People