Anne Michaels There should be a democracy of voices in literature. There are people who live with a kind of striving and with a certain kind of tenderness – it’s not an unusual thing – and maybe that’s not written about enough. – Anne Michaels Democracy Quotes Literature Quotes Live Quotes People Quotes Striving Quotes Tenderness Quotes Unusual Quotes Voices Quotes Written Quotes Certain things can’t be approximated, so I’m always interested in getting in another way, one which makes the reader bend in closer to the scene even if that scene, especially if that scene, is painful… Brutal language isn’t necessarily the most truthful way of describing a brutal moment. It’s a fantastic privilege to spend three or four hundred pages with a reader. You have time to go into certain questions that are painful or difficult or complicated. That’s one thing that appeals to me very much about the novel form.
John Corigliano The French Revolution is the ultimate modernist statement. Destroy everything. Don’t build on the past. There is no past. – John Corigliano
Elisabeth Hasselbeck I have to live in the truth that this is who I am. That’s what I need to focus on. – Elisabeth Hasselbeck
Imran Tahir In 2004 in England, there was one catch that was very special to me. I was bowling in a league match, and the batsman hit the ball over my head. I had to run back to between mid-off and mid-on to take the catch, and I did. – Imran Tahir
Preity Zinta I’ve learnt that there’s a soul mate somewhere in this world. Till you don’t find that person, the search goes on. – Preity Zinta
Michael Showalter Many fans don’t have the leisure time to track my every word. They’re too busy brainstorming solutions to the economic crisis and winning Pulitzers. – Michael Showalter
Iain Duncan Smith I am an optimist about the UK. We have been involved in trade with our European partners, which we will always be doing whatever this relationship is. We are a member of the EU. That gives us benefits. But we have to figure out where that is going. In the world, we are a global trader already. – Iain Duncan Smith
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