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Marisha Pessl Quotes

In America, people of a certain age ask, 'Where were you when Kennedy was shot?' In my house you were more likely to be asked, 'Where were you when you first read 'The Catcher In The Rye?'

Marisha Pessl

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: October 26, 1977

Topics

Age People America You House First

As an entrepreneur and public company CEO, I've dealt with dozens of rollouts, and when unveiling a new product, the operating approach should be, 'Hope for the best but prepare for the worst.'

John Delaney

Hope Best Entrepreneur New Worst

The toughest decision is always whether to open a restaurant. Two or three bad months, and you could be out of business.

Jean-Georges Vongerichten

Business Decision Restaurant You Bad

In 1979, I received a phone call from Ansel Adams asking me if I would be willing to consider coming to work for him. I was teaching photography in Southern California at that point.

John Sexton

Work Me Photography Phone Phone Call

Basically, what I'm doing is what I want to do. I feel very lucky. And very satisfied.

John Ritter

Feel Doing Want Lucky Satisfied

There are no taxes that are unpaid, nor were there any taxes that I was responsible for that didn't get paid.

Matt Bevin

Responsible Taxes Paid Get Were Nor

I was very shy as a girl. Absurdly shy, even. Maybe because I was an only child. And I think that's why I'm so happy to have two kids now.

Monica Bellucci

Girl Happy Child Think Why Shy

Just being a singer in Nashville is hard because everyone does music here, and so many people do it really well. But then, the fact that I do this alternative kind of pop music, dreampop... It's like I'm the lone unicorn roaming around this town.

Chelsea Lankes

Music People Kind Nashville Singer

I'd love to be popular in Barcelona. That sounds like a fun job.

Bobby Heenan

Love Job Fun Barcelona Like Sounds

To avoid a military conflict, Saddam Hussein has no other choice than to leave the country.

Ari Fleischer

Conflict Choice Country Military

The decisions that you make in your career stem out from the experiences you have early on in your career.

Anushka Sharma

Decisions You Early Career Out Stem

I'm very much a technical person.

Ashley Wagner

Person Technical Much Very

I think I would struggle with any job if it was purely about effects. Even as a viewer, those aren't the kind of things that interest me. I think ultimately you have to be connected to characters and their relationships. Otherwise, it's not drama to me.

Shelley Conn

Struggle Job Me Think You Drama