Amy Waldman Quotes - Page 2

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• I'm kind of a mash-up of taste - Graham Greene and Jane Austen; W.G. Sebald and Alice Munro.

  Amy Waldman

  Mash Up, Taste, Kind

  "Paperback Q&A: Amy Waldman on The Submission". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. July 3, 2012.

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• My children, who are almost two: watching them develop has made me pay much closer attention to how we become who we are.

  Amy Waldman

  Children, Two, Attention

  "Paperback Q&A: Amy Waldman on The Submission". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. July 3, 2012.

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• In life, redemption was walking up the down escalator: stop to congratulate yourself, and back you slid.

  Amy Waldman

  Redemption, Walking, Escalators

  Amy Waldman (2011). “The Submission: A Novel”, p.58, Macmillan

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• Perhaps this was the secret to being at peace: want nothing but what is given to you.

  Amy Waldman

  Secret, Want, Given

  Amy Waldman (2011). “The Submission: A Novel”, p.146, Macmillan

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• Jealousy clings to love's underside like bats to a bridge.

  Amy Waldman

  Bridges, Bats

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• There were in life rarely, if ever, "right" decisions, never perfect ones, only the best to be made under the circumstances.

  Amy Waldman

  Perfect, Decision, Made

  Amy Waldman (2011). “The Submission: A Novel”, p.49, Macmillan

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• So the premise of 'The Submission' is that there's an anonymous competition to design a 9/11 memorial and it's won by an American Muslim, an architect born and raised in Virginia, and his name is Mohammad Khan.

  Amy Waldman

  Virginia, Names, Design

  "Journalist Amy Waldman". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. November 15, 2011.

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• The September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon prompted a fundamental shift in the American government's approach to Islamic terrorism.

  Amy Waldman

  Islamic, Government, September 11

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• While researching 'The Submission,' I went to a protest against the Ground Zero mosque in New York when I was about to give birth to twins. It was about 100 degrees. People thought I was very dedicated.

  Amy Waldman

  New York, Zero, People

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