Junot Diaz Quotes

I know for a fact that - it's just the way our biases work now in the industry of literature, but certainly a short story collection does not receive the same kind of attention as a novel.

Junot Diaz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 31, 1968

Topics

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But with The Dark Crystal, instead of puppetry we're trying to go toward a sense of realism - toward a reality of creatures that are actually alive and we're mixing up puppetry and all kinds of other techniques.

Jim Henson

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People in New York are surprised when I open my mouth.

Stephen Graham

New YorkPeopleMouthNewOpenYork

I think every war certainly wears on national will and national patience, particularly a counterinsurgency.

Stanley A. McChrystal

PatienceWarThinkWillI Think

In the press, it has been said that I ran a foreclosure machine.

Steve Mnuchin

SaidBeenPressMachineRan

Though Congress continues to explore possible solutions to ensure social security solvency, everyone must take personal responsibility to prepare their own retirement savings accordingly.

Ron Lewis

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The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

Christopher McCandless

LifePositiveDayJoySunHorizon

There is one thing I do miss in L.A. I love autumn.

Christoph Waltz

LoveMissAutumnOne ThingThing

In fifth grade, we did 10 minutes on slavery and 40 minutes on Abraham Lincoln, and in 10th grade you might do 10 minutes on the civil rights era and 40 minutes on Martin Luther King, and that's it.

Colson Whitehead

KingSlaveryYouCivil RightsRights

After struggling for so long in the industry and writing so many failed songs and hearing 'no' for so long - I'm so grateful every time I hear a song that I was a part of on the radio.

Bonnie McKee

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Before I lived in America, my husband and I did a Californian road trip. We took a month, starting off in L.A. I love the landscapes of California: one moment you're in the desert, the next you're up in the Napa Valley or by the water in Big Bear.

Ashley Jensen

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As a fighter, you need to constantly improve. So that's what we've been doing: constantly improving striking, grappling, wrestling - there's always different aspects to improve.

Alistair Overeem

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When we get involved in the ratings, then we're doing the network's job. We need to focus on our work.

William Petersen

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