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Lydia Davis has 36 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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We feel an affinity with a certain thinker because we agree with him; or because he shows us what we were already…
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We all have an ongoing narrative inside our heads, the narrative that is spoken aloud if a friend asks a question. That…
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You know the pain is part of the whole thing. And it isn’t that you can say afterwards the pleasure was greater…
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The moment when a limit is reached, when there is nothing ahead but darkness: something comes in to help that is not…
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I attempt all day, at work, not to think about what lies ahead, but this costs me so much effort that there…
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No one is calling me. I can’t check the answering machine because I have been here all this time. If I go…
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To observe the world carefully, to write a lot and often, on a schedule if necessary, to use the dictionary a lot,…
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Why don't you like the foods I like?" he asks sometimes. "Why don't you like the foods I make?" I answer.
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But it is curious how you can see that an idea is absolutely true and correct and yet not believe it deeply…
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Do what you want to do, and don't worry if it's a little odd or doesn't fit the market.
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I never dream in French, but certain French words seem better or more fun than English words - like 'pois chiches' for…
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I think the close work I do as a translator pays off in my writing - I'm always searching for multiple ways…
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I try to live with honor, even if it costs me millions of dollars and takes a long time. It's very unusual…
— James Cameron
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I attempt all day, at work, not to think about what lies ahead, but this costs me so much effort that there…
— Lydia Davis
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The only thing I can do is act, but it's not something I even feel comfortable doing. It costs me a lot,…
— Javier Bardem
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I pay people very, very well - probably more than I have to. But that costs me less money in the long…
— Paula Deen
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I'm very impatient. I am. That's the bane of my game. I don't think about what I'm going to do - I…
— Brett Hull
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Passion costs me too much to bestow it on every trifle.
— Thomas Adams
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Midget wrestling on channel 3, it costs me 50 bucks a month.
— Al Yankovic
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It costs me never a stab nor squirm / To tread by chance upon a worm. / Aha, my little dear, /…
— Dorothy Parker
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I will destroy you. No matter how long it takes, no matter what it costs me. I won’t sleep, I won’t eat.…
— Jennifer Estep
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If you crave something, I’ll be the one to give it to you. All of your needs, Eva, are mine to fulfill.…
— Sylvia Day
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It really costs me a lot emotionally to watch myself on-screen. I think of myself, and feel like I'm quite young, and…
— Gene Hackman
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Every time I hold my tongue to keep the peace, it costs me another little piece of my soul.
— Nishan Panwar
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