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- Nov 07, 2020
Years Quotes
What sticks around, year after year.
This set looks back across stretches of time, from a fond memory tied to years spent in a particular place to a wry joke about maturity and age. It pairs naturally with our About quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
For too many years, we, as a country, have suffered from a poverty of aspiration.
- Sitting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't sitting around years ago thinking, 'I really want to write a novel.'
- Lucky
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm very lucky and very fortunate to have survived and to still be working after 45 years.
- Last
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- Nov 07, 2020
For years, in the wake of Rushdie, I had imagined magical realism to be the last refuge of the non-resident Indian.
- Nov 07, 2020
But the idea that I should be a teacher and a researcher of some sort did not vary over the years.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 9 years old, I started performing around my hometown of San Antonio, Texas.
- False
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- Nov 07, 2020
I figure if I have one false start every ten or 12 years that I've been running, I probably won't false start again during my career.
- Military
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- Nov 07, 2020