"You donâ€™t have the slightest idea of what it means to write a scene and a character in the English language, with images and words chock full of received meaning."

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Jonathan Lethem

#Mean Quotes #Writing Quotes #Character Quotes

“My mind is tranquil. I allow peace into my life”
“I remember opening my dad's closet and there were, like, 40 suits, every color of the rainbow, plaid and winter and summer. He had two jewelry boxes full of watches and lighters and cuff links. And just... he was that guy. He was probably unfulfilled in his life in many ways.”
“The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be taken on current issues as they arise and the desire that one's contributions will somehow survive the ravages of time.”
“Physics is about questioning, studying, probing nature. You probe, and, if youre lucky, you get strange clues.”

Source : "Q&A with Lene Hau". Interview with Harvey Blume, archive.boston.com. March 17, 2007.
“Let's pass more gun control laws and buy metal detectors for every public school in the land - anything but tell kids that life is sacred, because its Creator deems it so.”
“Our country will need real leadership to undo President Obama's failed policies, and replace them with the conservative principles Mitt Romney learned turning around businesses and a failing Olympics and successfully, conservatively governing a Democratic state. I am proud to endorse him and will work my hardest to ensure he is elected so we can turn around our country.”
“Be courageous. It's one of the only places left uncrowded.”
“Ethernet always wins.”

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