"This is what you do. You make a……" — Michael Cunningham
"This is what you do. You make a future for yourself out of the raw material at hand."
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101 Quotes by Michael Cunningham
Michael Cunningham has 101 quotes on this site.
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There's just this for consolation: an hour here or there when our lives seem, against all odds and expectations, to…
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Here's a secret. Many novelists, if they are pressed and if they are being honest, will admit that the finished…
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As writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers.
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If you've really loved a book, or a movie for that matter, really loved it, what you want is that…
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Language in fiction is made up of equal parts meaning and music. The sentences should have rhythm and cadence, they…
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People are more than you think they are. And they're less, as well. The trick lies in negotiating your way…
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I suspect any serious reader has a first great book, just the way anybody has a first kiss.
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A certain slightly cruel disregard for the feelings of living people is simply part of the package. I think a…
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I think writing is, by definition, an optimistic act.
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Sure, go ahead, simulate life, using only ink and paper.
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You can't find peace by avoiding life.
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I just don't feel much interested in the lifestyles of the rich and famous.
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More Future Quotes
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Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this…
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The future of Haiti must be linked to the respect of the rights of every single citizen.
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect, so why practice?
— Billie Joe Armstrong
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I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the…
— Neil Armstrong
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Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of…
— Isaac Asimov
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People talk about doom-laden scenarios happening in the future: they are happening in Africa now. You can see it perfectly…
— David Attenborough
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As soon as you have a language that has a past tense and a future tense you're going to say,…
— Margaret Atwood
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Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.
— Dean Acheson
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason…
— Marcus Aurelius
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Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a…
— Marcus Aurelius
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What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and…
— Sai Baba
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