James Salter Quotes
'The Paris Review' was always the pinnacle: it was the place to be published. You were thrilled if you were published in 'The Paris Review,' and George Plimpton himself was practically mythical. He was a legendary figure.
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I stayed three weeks in Paris, fell in love with the city, and decided that I was born to live in Paris.
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The most important thing Paris gave me was a perspective on Latin America. It taught me the differences between Latin America and Europe and among the Latin American countries themselves through the Latins I met there.
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When I was younger, I had no interest. But after I went to Paris to see the collections for the first time a few years ago, they made a huge impression on me. I realized that fashion is an art form, like acting or painting.
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London is the financial capital of Europe, a great platform to America and Asia. I love the fact that in British culture you can be whoever you want, and people don't even look at you. I don't feel that in Paris or Milan.
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In Paris, I met a young American person who immediately became the primary inspiration which awakened my vision and the leading influence that had directed my forces. Throughout my career as an artist, I refer to this person by the word 'Woman.'
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If you want to establish an international presence you can't do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.
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I made the decision to come back to New York, quit my job and move to Paris.
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Nothing changes and very little happens in Paris. This is a great place to work without distraction - and then I run away to New York, where I have a life!
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I think Paris smells not just sweet but melancholy and curious, sometimes sad but always enticing and seductive. She's a city for the all senses, for artists and writers and musicians and dreamers, for fantasies, for long walks and wine and lovers and, yes, for mysteries.
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There's no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can't come back. So I have every right to come back.
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Where was Paris Hilton a year ago? She's a fabulous character to write about.
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What drives that desire to destroy Paris Hilton? What drives that desire to venerate Angelina Jolie? I do understand it, but it still baffles me. It baffles me when people treat me specially and differently, because I just want to look at them and go, 'What are you talking about? I'm just a person.'
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I was the first Indian model to have a career in Paris, Milan and New York.
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If Paris is a city of lights, Sydney is the city of fireworks.
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I looked for acting classes in Paris just to do something different than modeling. And then one day I just thought, 'Okay, that's enough, I have to start doing something.' I went to the acting agency and I just told them I wanted to act and asked them if they would give me a chance, and they did.
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Jews can build in New York, Moscow and Paris, but in our own land, we can't build? That's nuts.
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There's different shopping in Paris than there is at a bazaar in Istanbul, but they're all wonderful.
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I don't like Paris so much.
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I know a lot of Americans in Paris who have married Frenchmen. They keep bringing up their experience, the clash of civilizations, the clash of personalities.
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You'll have to fall in love at least once in your life, or Paris has failed to rub off on you.
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You can't make people respond.
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Every president who has tried to bring about big changes I think elicits the most passionate responses.
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'The Paris Review' was always the pinnacle: it was the place to be published. You were thrilled if you were published in 'The Paris Review,' and George Plimpton himself was practically mythical. He was a legendary figure.
