"I'm a dogged person. I respond to adversity……" — Jennifer Egan

"I'm a dogged person. I respond to adversity with a steely resistance."

— Jennifer Egan

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109 Quotes by Jennifer Egan

Jennifer Egan has 109 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I've never been that confident. I don't tend to think, swaggeringly, I'm going to ace this. It's just not who…
So I feel that lack of qualification. And I'm scared. And I have a tendency to think things may not/probably…
I think the one thing that's changed over time is that I've come to realise, as a fiction writer, the…
One area I have a huge amount of trouble in is writing about myself. I get a heavy, almost depressed…
I guess it's always romantic when two people fall in love.... Even if it turns out not to be real.
Be willing and unafraid to write badly, because often the bad stuff...forms a base on which to build something better.
Reading is the nourishment that lets you do interesting work,
I think, for one thing, all of us remember those teenage years and those songs that we fell in love…
Read at the level at which you want to write. Reading is the nourishment that feeds the kind of writing…
I was a stepchild in two different families. The hardest thing about being a stepchild is you know that in…
Americans are less selfish than some of our politicians believe and will respond with reason and resilience to passionate clarity.
Goon Squad' took about three years to write and that's the short end. My second novel, 'Look at Me,' took…

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A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the… — Pietro Aretino
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. — Aristotle
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle
I work best when there is adversity: I seem to get calmer the more the fur is flying. — Andrea Arnold
One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. — Arthur Ashe
If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?'… — Arthur Ashe
A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can… — Ibrahim Babangida
In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. — Francis Bacon
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes. — Francis Bacon
Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New. — Francis Bacon
Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity. — Abu Bakr
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. — John Quincy Adams

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