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Eleanor Catton Quotes

The ability of humans to read meaning into patterns is the most defining characteristic we have.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: new zealander
Birth: September 24, 1985

Topics

Meaning Ability Patterns Read Most

Once all the power goes out, there will still be human beings standing together around a campfire, playing acoustic guitars.

Power Together Will Human Out Still

What is the purpose of being human and alive without doing new things?

New Things Purpose Doing Alive New

Much as banks don't care where your money's coming from, the Electoral College is all 'don't ask, don't care' when it comes to votes.

Money College Care Ask Coming Where

Jeff Bridges wants you to take it easy, man.

Stephen Rodrick

Man Bridges Easy You Take Wants

Being a good television screenwriter requires an understanding of the way film accelerates the communication of words.

Good Communication Words Television

Everybody's gone through high school; everybody understands that dynamic. Some people have a great time, and some people don't have a great time. My high school experience was not the greatest. I wasn't necessarily bullied, but I was one of those guys that just goes along, and I didn't really feel connected to many of the social cliques.

Great Time Experience School People

Self-publishing has been a dubious challenge to traditional publishers, at best.

Challenge Best Been Traditional

I've always been interested in medicine and was pleased when my brother became a doctor. But after thinking seriously about that field, I realized that what intrigued me was not the science, not the chemistry or biology of medicine, but the narrative - the story of each patient, each illness.

Science Brother Me Doctor Medicine

I'm a regular person with an extraordinary job.

Job Person Extraordinary Regular

When I'm writing, I can always play around with tense. I can always make past present. I can always kind of manipulate, and I can always be delusional in a way that's completely self-serving. With film, it's like, the camera can't really lie. It can manipulate to a certain extent.

Jose Antonio Vargas

Past Lie Writing Present Camera Way

Well, I'm using a cane, so what? So what if they shot me sitting in a wheelchair? That's life!

Life Me Sitting What If Well Shot

With shows with plus-sized characters, there are all of these lines of being jealous at so and so or mad at so and so for being skinny and their great diets. It's so all-encompassing and exhausting. I'm not saying that's not some women, but it's just not all of us.

Donna Lynne Champlin

Women Great Saying Jealous Mad Us

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