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Edmund White Quotes

In the 1970s in New York, everyone slept till noon. It was a grungy, dangerous, bankrupt city without normal services most of the time. The garbage piled up and stank during long strikes by the sanitation workers. A major blackout led to days and days of looting. The city seemed either frightening or risible to the rest of the nation.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: January 13, 1940

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Time New York City Rest Long New

Some days we may be more acutely conscious of our sinfulness and hence more aware of our need of His grace, but there is never a day when we can stand before Him on our own two feet of performance, when we are worthy enough to deserve His blessing.

Blessing Day Grace Performance Feet

I've faced more than 35 major leaguers, and only two have ever made contact against me.

Me More Two Contact Against Made

Women are prepared to run for office. They're prepared to show up. Oh yeah, women have big roles to play, and they have stepped up to the plate already.

Women Play Run Office Up Big

I love sensual materials like silk or cashmere.

Love Sensual Silk Like Materials

Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.

Bread Side Act Which Deliberation

If you don't want to be a slave, stop acting like a slave.

Stefan Molyneux

You Acting Stop Want Slave Like

Sometimes if you got a problem deep rooted in your life, it takes a little bit of time to overcome it in that area.

Life Time Deep Problem You Overcome

My ideal - and here, the sky is the limit - is to attract foreign investment via concessions.

Juan Manuel Santos

Sky Investment Limit Attract Here

I still have deep respect for the evangelical tradition and feel, in many ways, close to the Baptist roots of my childhood, although I've been an Episcopalian throughout my adult life and a regular churchgoer.

Life Respect Childhood Roots Deep

Amalur's user interface is designed much like a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, liberally sprinkling yellow exclamation points and markers all over your mini-map in order to show you where to quest next.

Yellow Game You Over Next Quest

The Network Generation are secure in, and proud of, their Scottishness. Unlike my generation that grew up in the '80s, they don't see our sense of identity as under threat.

Douglas Alexander

Identity Proud Generation See Up

It has given me an insight into what it's like as an actor to come into a show in the middle of a production and fit into a group that's already established.

Me Group Actor Insight Show Middle

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