Antonya Nelson Quotes

I definitely don't think of myself as someone identified by region. It's too far-flung a region, for starters, and southern New Mexico is very isolated. I wouldn't think of my identity as generational, either, but maybe as more stylistic, in the school of realism and domestic issues.

Antonya Nelson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 6, 1961

Topics

MyselfSchoolIdentityThinkSomeone

It's always been the same, growing up in Manhattan... the idea of living within a giant archer's target... for use by the bad Russia bowman with the atomic arrows.

Jim Carroll

Growing UpBadTargetGrowingLiving

There is nothing wrong where we reach a point where maybe everybody could claim a victory. I think it would be good for the American people, which should be our first priority.

John Breaux

GoodPeopleVictoryThinkAmerican

I hang out with a lot of the people I did when I was in high school, when I was in college, and I have a strong unit of people around me, whether it be friends or family, and if my head gets too big, they will definitely check me immediately.

John Cena

FamilySchoolPeopleCollegeMe

And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.

Andre Malraux

ManDestinyOwnFacesHisEnds

Most open-mic experiences I had were okay.

John Mulaney

OkayExperiencesMostWereHad

If you are writing a story and trying to draw an audience to come and hear you tell it, it's got to in some way relate to them. Who wants to come and hear about your specific problems? It's not therapy - it's supposed to be a communal piece of entertainment.

Matt Damon

WritingStoryProblemsTryingYou

The transition from unknown to known-in-publishing has been empowering but also challenging. It's an honor to know that people actually want to know what I think about certain issues, but I also have to be careful about what I say or, rather, how I say it. The Internet is forever, y'all.

Angie Thomas

PeopleThinkInternetHonorKnow

If you speed up your trip, you'll miss a lot of interesting sights and also wear yourself to a frazzle.

Michael Frome

YourselfInterestingSpeedYouUp

When I took a couple of years to do the documentaries after I left 'American Morning' - what was I gone for, five years? - I didn't feel that I was floating under the radar.

Soledad O'Brien

MorningAmericanFeelFloatingGone

It turns out that the very genes that turn on in cancer cells perform vital functions in normal cells. In other words, the very genes that allow our embryos to grow or our brains to grow, our bodies to grow, if you mutate them, if you distort them, then you unleash cancer.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

WordsGrowYouTurnOutNormal

The Silent Service is all together too silent. It's important to begin to highlight the critical importance of the Silent Service to our national security.

Rob Simmons

ServiceTogetherSecurityImportant

Neither of my parents had English as a first language.

Maryanne Trump Barry

ParentsLanguageFirstEnglishHad

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