"The admiration of another writerâ€™s work is almost in inverse proportion to similarities in style."

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Ann Beattie

#Style Quotes #Admiration Quotes #Proportion Quotes

“If I want to eat lunch, I can't go out at noon and head over to Chick-fil-A or Mac's restaurant and not get stopped.”

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“Cats are independent, by which I mean smart.”
“There is something about humanity just being drained in many different ways, I think. There are so many things that drain us nowadays, where literally you're just bombarded as a human being. It may be that, or it may be this romantic idea of being forever immortal, of witnessing humanity generation after generation.”

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“I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.”
“I like the dueling club scene, where Daniel and I fight with our wands. I thought it was a brilliant scene to shoot. I think the end product looked really good.”
“Hollywood always likes to create a star.”

Source : "Nicole Holofcener Really Loves Catherine Keener's Face (So Do We)" by Nojan Aminosharei, www.elle.com. October 20, 2010.
“Which founders have these presidents cited - and why? What did, say, President [Ronald] Reagan's view of George Washington, or President [Bill] Clinton's view of Thomas Jefferson, tell us about their view of America and where they intended to lead the country?In many cases, it told us a lot about the president.”
“You know, I spend most of my life turning things down. There's a lot of crap out there.”

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