Ian Frazier quotes
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“Siberia is so big, it’s almost more an idea than a place”
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“Every once in a while, people need to be in the presence of things that are really far away.”
-- Ian FrazierSource : "Bridge" by Ian Frazier, www.newyorker.com. February 28, 2011.
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“Leading economists have shown that by shrinking Texas, we can actually create more income for Texas in the long run.”
-- Ian FrazierSource : "On Texas" by Ian Frazier, www.newyorker.com. March 24, 2014.
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“I am an author, and like many in my profession, I am also a traveling salesman, going all over in an attempt to persuade people to spend twenty-five dollars on a hardcover book by me.”
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“When I needed to think or was really upset, generally I climbed a tree.”
-- Ian FrazierSource : "Tilting at Tree Bags" by Ian Frazier, www.motherjones.com. January 2001.
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“I don't want to participate in traditional Indian religious ceremonies - dance in a sun dance or pray in a sweat lodge or go on a vision quest with the help of a medicine man. The power of these ceremonies has an appeal, but I'm content with what little religion I already have.”
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“I don't want to collect Indian art, though pots and beadwork and blankets made by Indians remain the most beautiful art objects in the American West, in my opinion.”
-- Ian FrazierSource : Ian Frazier (2000). “On the Rez”, p.4, Macmillan
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“I only saw one English-speaking person all the way across Siberia.”
-- Ian FrazierSource : "Dispatch From Siberia: The Ian Frazier Interview". Interview with David Coggins, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 2, 2010.
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“Cursing dads are terrifying, you know? Cursing dads are - I don't know why, but no. It just doesn't seem to me that that would be funny. I mean it might be - you could try it and see. I suppose anybody just losing it and sputtering curses is pretty funny. But I think it would be more of a challenge, much more of a challenge, to make a cursing dad funny.”
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“Words are charms. It's like a song you didn't even know you knew.”
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“America can enjoy a vital, fully functioning government, with all the benefits provided by Texas, while reducing Texas at the same time.”
-- Ian FrazierSource : "On Texas" by Ian Frazier, www.newyorker.com. March 24, 2014.
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“Human connection is the way things work. It's like a patronage system. You know somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows somebody, and he knows the district governor, and it's okay.”
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“I think what is important for things to be funny is if you the listener, or the reader, get a chance to supply the humor of it yourself.”
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“I don't have a disregard for my reader in humor pieces.”
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“When the days start to get shorter, I want to be in some nice brick building on the East Coast with the lights glowing in the windows. When the daylight starts changing, I want to be out West.”
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“Russian humor is to adapt or make some sense or nonsense out of the insanity of their lives.”
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“Everything in Russia is made of cement - phone booths, fence posts and light bulbs.”
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“Despite the obvious benefits, many Americans do not like Texas. Some even say they despise Texas, and make no secret of their feelings.”
-- Ian FrazierSource : "On Texas" by Ian Frazier, www.newyorker.com. March 24, 2014.
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“People in Russia adapt to misery by a deep, deep humor.”
-- Ian FrazierSource : "Dispatch From Siberia: The Ian Frazier Interview". Interview with David Coggins, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 2, 2010.
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“A book tour is not a good opportunity to let your mind wander. You have to pay attention, remember salespeople's and interviewers' names, succinctly summarize your book in a 'selling' way, and so on.”
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“There's an idea of the Plains as the middle of nowhere, something to be contemptuous of. But it's really a heroic place.”
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“Roy Blount is so funny, and he sounds like he's just talking, and the next thing you know he has tossed off an essay as elegant and intricately structured as a birdsong. His ear for American speech is better than anybody's.”
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“Sometimes travel is merely an opportunity taken when you can.”
-- Ian FrazierSource : Ian Frazier (2010). “Travels in Siberia”, p.147, Macmillan
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