Cynthia Ozick Quotes

In an essay, you have the outcome in your pocket before you set out on your journey, and very rarely do you make an intellectual or psychological discovery. But when you write fiction, you don't know where you are going - sometimes down to the last paragraph - and that is the pleasure of it.

Cynthia Ozick

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A canon is antithetical to everything the New York art world has been about for the past 40 years, during which we went from being the center of the art world to being one of many centers.

Jerry Saltz

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I feel like I'm one of the most physical players in the league - I love contact. I love attacking. I love going to the free throw line.

Joel Embiid

LoveFreeFeelContactLineGoing

For a lot of people, 'Dungeons & Dragons' has been a hard thing to describe. I can't tell you how many social environments I've been in where I say, 'I play 'D&D,'' and a bunch of normies will be like, 'How does the game even work? What's that like?' I didn't have anything to really describe it that didn't make me sound like a crazy person.

Matthew Mercer

WorkPeopleMeCrazyGameYou

Three big assumptions proved wrong: one, that the Iraqi people would welcome us as liberators; two, that oil would soon pay for Iraqi's rebuilding; and, three, that we have plenty of troops, weapons, and equipment for the postwar situation.

John Spratt

WelcomePeopleAssumptionsSituation

Management don't really have any problem at all with firing people. It's a powerful idea that, If I'm not happy, I'll quit. I'll try something else!

Ron Livingston

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My father left me with a clear sense that the media was something different.

Rupert Murdoch

FatherMeMediaLeftSomething

We do learn a thing or two from art. It may not be the one-to-one instruction of a moral lesson or the rote learning of a grammatical rule or mathematical concept. But the habits of mind art cultivates are important.

Michelle Dean

LearningArtMindLearnLessonTwo

When I'm writing a book, you can't think about your audience. You're going to be in big trouble if you think about it. You're got to write from deep inside.

Judy Blume

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I love the hip-hop scene.

Jason Statham

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I'm in agreement with David Miliband when he says our generation of Labour politicians are not willing to hand over the direction of the country without a serious electoral fight.

Douglas Alexander

FightDirectionGenerationCountry

Any time a team doesn't score points, it's on me.

Brock Osweiler

TimeMeTeamScoreAnyPoints

Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor.

Allen Klein

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