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Francoise Sagan Quotes

It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the 'fronts' people assume before one another's eyes, and the 'front' a writer puts on the face of reality.

Francoise Sagan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: playwright
Nationality: french
Birth: June 21, 1935 - September 24, 2004

Topics

Eyes People Me Face Reality Two

The way to get people civically engaged, not just during the election but throughout the year, is to tap into Facebook and let them do it with their friends.

Joe Green

People Friends Year Election Way

I spent my entire youth in front of a TV watching old movies, and as soon as I was able to get a subway pass, when I was 14, I joined the Museum of Modern Art and was there all weekend watching old movies.

Amy Heckerling

Art Youth Weekend Museum Movies Old

I think the Tea Party has brought important issues to the table.

Roy Blunt

Tea Think Table Party Important

You can't just wait for everybody to give you approval - you will just be waiting.

Miriam Shor

Waiting Wait You Will Give Approval

After 30 novels, release day is still a thrill. It's always a little bittersweet, too.

Luanne Rice

Day Always Little Bittersweet Thrill

I don't consider myself a political artist, but I am political just by nature of being a woman.

Lisa Hanawalt

Nature Myself Woman I Am Political

I think every parent knows that, like, boys and girls are different. And we just don't take that into account in schools on those things like required reading lists. 'Cause that was my experience, say, with my son, who had to read 'Little House on the Prairie' when he was in third grade.

Jon Scieszka

Son Experience Reading Think Parent

Filmmaking in general is my second career. I thought that writing wasn't practical, so I went to business school and got an MBA, and I worked three years in grant management.

Dee Rees

Business School Writing Management

I'm always hungry for the next thing. I'm never resting on my laurels.

Constance Wu

Resting Never Always Next Hungry

I was a cocky kid.

Cindy Morgan

Cocky Kid

There is something about the way that Greek poets, say Aeschylus, use metaphor that really attracts me. I don't think I can imitate it, but there's a density to it that I think I'm always trying to push towards in English.

Anne Carson

Me Think Push Trying I Can Say

I'm very tech-forward. However, I also think hitting the pause button is not a bad thing, and really connecting with people one-to-one viscerally, having a connection with someone, is really important.

Ashton Kutcher

People Think Someone Connection Bad