Carmen Agra Deedy Quotes

Listening to others does not mean you should sound like them; find your own voice by telling stories as authentically as possible.

Carmen Agra Deedy

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Pulsars are in an ideal part of the universe to test Einstein's theory of relativity - so far, it's holding up well. They may even one day act as navigational beacons for spacecraft. I'll never tire of them; they really are the most extraordinary objects.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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In the city, we work until quitting time. On the farm, we work until the job is finished.

John Bytheway

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During every book, I have a nervous breakdown. Usually it's about two thirds of the way through the book - I'm just comatose on the couch for at least a week, and I eventually break through it and have an answer about how to fix the thing.

Andrew Sean Greer

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I was enamored of New York City intellectual life and was really into Philip Roth because I was raised by self-loathing Midwesterners who were from southern Illinois, who felt like fish out of water when they came to the East Coast when I was a kid.

Meghan Daum

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If you're trying to hide, avoid using your own name. Have a couple spares that you can pull out of your pocket anytime, the more thoroughly documented the better.

Lisa Lutz

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It's not unusual for socio-economic, even racial or ethnic, groups to cluster.

Jay Parini

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Actually, I love trying to figure out why certain books become hits while others, which may be just as good, have trouble finding an audience.

Jay Asher

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I didn't get bullied any more than anybody else. I think I got bullied more for being poor than being gay. But no more than any other kid. And I'm sure that I did my fair share of picking on other kids, too. We're all humans.

Brandi Carlile

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A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way.

Allen Klein

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From the leg lamp to Ralphie's tongue getting stuck on a frozen pole to that BB-gun incident, 'A Christmas Story' has left its mark on all our brains, so much so that it sometimes feels like this story is our own.

Phoebe Robinson

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Seeing your work in print is exciting, especially when you're young. It's that feeling that you have some effect on the world outside of your immediate neighbourhood.

Shaun Tan

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Inequality is a poison that is destroying livelihoods, stripping families of dignity, and splitting communities.

Sharan Burrow

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