Isabel Colegate famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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It is not a bad idea to get in the habit of writing down one's thoughts. It saves one having to bother anyone else with them.
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In two novels written forty years apart, a man and a woman tell stories of their love. . . . Taken together they provide an unusually touching story of young love unable to prevail against an opposition whose strength was tragically buttressed by the uncertainties of a cultural divide.
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We want to destroy each other by making the other fall in love with us.
-- Isabel Colegate
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
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Do you know the difference between a beautiful woman and a charming one? A beauty is a woman you notice, a charmer is one who notices you.
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It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.
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The most difficult and complicated part of the writing process is the beginning.
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It came about as follows: over the years when I was involved in dianetics, I wrote the beginnings of many stories. I would get an idea, and then write the beginning, and then never touch it again.
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I’m not a fan of ‘write what you know.’ If you don’t know, find out. I knew nothing about the Bible before I started writing ‘The Year of Living Biblically.’ That was kind of the point – to learn.
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I can write better than anyone who can write faster,
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Together, these advocates create a pro-Israeli case so compelling that the idea and reality of Israel has worked itself deep into American culture, politics and foreign policy. Many American Jews refuse to accept it, but the real debate between Israel’s supporters and detractors in America is all but over.
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I was really intrigued by the idea of using live streams of data that's relevant to real people, and that would allow us to reflect and learn about ourselves.
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