David Remnick Quotes
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I have often heard that the novel is dead. But I see novels produced, I don't know how many a week, in France. I have the impression it's carrying along quite well.
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Me as president would not be like anybody else as president. Everyone does the job differently.
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Myth is a powerful medium because it talks to the emotions and not the head. It moves us into an area of mystery.
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President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need.
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American management thinks that they can just copy from Japan. But they don't know what to copy.
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A lot of people thought I wasn't doing anything because I was spending a lot of time socialising and going out, but I've always managed to get work actually done.
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We got a little waylaid along the way. The whole problem started about 10 years ago with management and legal battles, then still trying to make albums while I was doing all of that.
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I still can't believe that I've achieved what I have. It's like I've lived a dream for about five years now.
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Start your diet during a period of optimism and happiness.
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It's funny how things change slowly, until the day we realize they've changed completely.
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I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don't know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don't bother to become interesting.
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I will always do R. Kelly – I'm not perfect, but I'm perfectly me.
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If I can teach cricket overseas, why wouldn't I do so in my own country?
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When it comes to the world around us, is there any choice but to explore?
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One should always sleep in all of one's guest beds, to make sure that they are comfortable. (11 September 1941)
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A land that rejects the truth, barricades itself against change and lacks the spirit of freedom is hopeless.
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America has not traditionally been the cramped, frightened country of Trump's executive order that bans Syrian refugees.
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A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.
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I definitely want to have kids. I've grown up around lots of people who were having kids when I knew them, because a lot of them were a lot older than me. And I saw the wonderful change in them.
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Why are numbers so important? I take up a film I like, give it my best, and move on.
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I never really planned a career. I've tried to avoid it. I've tried to do this stuff I felt for, the stuff I like. So, I've just been meeting these fantastic directors who've offered me a variation of different parts and different films.
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I don't want to follow comedians because I don't want to see what they're thinking about, 'cause then maybe I won't stumble across a thought maybe I had about the same subject.
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In a small affair or in a big affair, first consult yourself and find out if there is any conflict in your own being about anything you want to do. And when you find no conflict there, then feel sure that a path is already made for you. You have but to open your eyes and take a step forward, and the other step will be led by God.
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Capitalism in Russia has spawned far more Al Capones than Henry Fords.
