Elinor Lipman quotes
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“It was a noteworthy lesson, even for someone who'd been fed a daily diet of italicized lessons: that people in high places, luminaries with advanced degrees in Classics and in possession of excellent manners, can disappoint you as profoundly as anyone else.”
-- Elinor LipmanSource : Elinor Lipman (2007). “My Latest Grievance”, p.237, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“I was a roving guard on the Lowell Hebrew Community Center's girls' basketball team all through high school. My specialty was stealing the ball, but my only shot was a lay-up.”
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“I was nearly fired from my second job, which was writing press releases for Boston's public television station.”
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“I watch golf on television, although I don't golf - except for visits to the driving range in spurts.”
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“I wear a pedometer, aiming for five miles a day - don't be too impressed; that includes walking around my house and food shopping.”
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“My narrators tend to be women with low self-esteem, so I can send them to charm school.”
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“An early editor characterized my books as 'romantic comedy for intelligent adults.' I think people see them as funny but kind. I don't set out to write either funny or kind, but it's a voice they like, quirky like me... And you know, people like happy endings.”
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“Five hundred words a day is what I aim for. And I don't go on to the next chapter until I've polished and polished and polished the one I'm working on.”
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Source : Source: www.realstylenetwork.com
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“Find a need and fill it. Successful businesses are founded on the needs of people.”
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“The interior of the earth is extremely hot – several million degrees.”
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Source : Adriana Trigiani (2003). “Lucia, Lucia: A Novel”, p.142, Random House
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Source : Alastair Reynolds (2002). “Revelation Space”, p.406, Penguin
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