Deborah Eisenberg Quotes

The first story I wrote was called 'Days,' and I have very little affection for it.

Deborah Eisenberg

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 20, 1945

Topics

StoryAffectionFirstDaysLittle

Since World War II, most of the conflicts in the world have been internal conflicts. The weapon of choice in those wars has all too often been landmines - to such a degree that what we find today are tens of millions of landmines contaminating approximately 70 countries around the world.

Jody Williams

TodayWarWorldFindChoiceDegree

I grew up with the white picket fence. My dad went to work nine to five, and he had a station wagon.

Matt Dillon

WorkFenceWhiteUpFiveWagon

Democracy doesn't mean I always get my way. It doesn't mean we always get what we want.

Mike Cernovich

TruthMeComplexAboutSufficiently

Many of us writers tour like a literary Bachman Turner Overdrive. We ain't pretty, but we're on the road. Many of us wish we were rock stars anyway. For my part, I live in my iPod. The musicians there are my constant companions on the road.

Luis Alberto Urrea

StarsLiveRoadMusiciansWishRock

With Halcyon's technology, the pool of genetic information will grow by orders of magnitude in the course of months, offering the first real chance at cures for cancer and other previously intractable diseases.

Luke Nosek

TechnologyChanceGrowInformation

I think our storytellers - our songwriters should be great storytellers, and they should be mountain climbers and explorers, because music is something that can cross all different borders.

Jason Mraz

MusicGreatMountainThinkBorders

After using four different languages on an album, it's tough to decide which one I'm gonna actually learn to speak. I always study the lyric, make sure I know what I'm singing, and try to get the pronunciation as perfect as possible.

Josh Groban

SingingToughSpeakLearnPerfect

I decided right away that whomever was going to advise me had to be fundamentally interested in music. This protected me from the skullduggery common to the music industry then and that still exists today. Of course, using this method meant that some things we didn't know and just had to learn how to do it together.

Johnny Mathis

MusicTodayTogetherMeLearnKnow

They aren't going to take my guns. I have 44 guns, and they aren't going to take my guns.

Donald Cerrone

GunsTakeGoing

I was stunned to learn that more than 200,000 abandoned, neglected, or orphaned children had been sent from the East Coast to the Midwest on trains between 1854 and 1929.

Christina Baker Kline

ChildrenLearnMoreAbandonedBeen

He would see civilization in danger of perishing under the oppression of a gigantic paradox: he would see multitudes of people starving in the midst of plenty, and nations preparing for war although pledged to peace.

Arthur Henderson

PeaceWarPeopleCivilizationSee

I learned from Jimi Hendrix. They all wanted him to do the tricks, and at the end of his career, he just wanted to play. I lived longer than he did, and I can see how those pressures can really play with your head.

Prince

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