James Salter Quotes
In a certain sense, a writer is an exile, an outsider, always reporting on things, and it is part of his life to keep on the move. Travel is natural.
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We have a very loyal fan base, the kind tat buys the record the day it comes out, sees every show, and that's fantastic, but what about the people who would never hear about our band?
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To be honest, I am very worried about the possibility of the U.K. leaving the E.U. But of course, like in the case of Catalonia, we have to respect the right to decide of the British people on a relationship that part of the Brits consider is not satisfying enough.
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If a man reaches the heart of his own religion, he has reached the heart of the others, too. There is only one God, and there are many paths to him.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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I would do fragrance. I'm a fragrance fanatic.
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I don't take fancy vacations. I buy all my jewelry at Claire's. I can't remember the last time I went out to a fancy dinner. My family lives in a modest two-bedroom apartment, and my kids share a bedroom. But I do have one extravagant vice: shoes.
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I'm not the biggest comic book fan.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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People my age don't always know where their music comes from.
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I'm a kind person; I don't have a really nihilist streak in me, but I respond to that kind of humour.
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My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'
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There's a generative material relationship between the material and the image that comes up.
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Any reflection about poetry should begin, or end, with this question: who and how many read poetry books?
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The blessing of being able to write music and let music speak for itself is you let the melodies and let the lyrics and the groove talk to people instead of me talking to people.
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I'm not nervous standing with anyone.
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Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
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For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.
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I enjoyed making this album a lot because of the knowledge we acquired over the last 3 years.
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I must say that it's easy to write nice things about Chicago because it's that kind of town.
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I want to make people laugh.
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I've got so much in my brain and I want to change the way we think sometimes.
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You can't say the secret word!
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The camera has an uncanny ability to capture the world as it is, to seize events as they happen, and also to conjure visions of the future. But by the time the image reaches the eyes of the viewer, it belongs to the past, taking on the status of something retrieved.
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In a certain sense, a writer is an exile, an outsider, always reporting on things, and it is part of his life to keep on the move. Travel is natural.
