Nathalie Sarraute Quotes
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I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about my 'voice' as a writer and being able to keep the characters true to themselves.
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The next step for me with the Up is how it talks with the rest of the home. It's an object that can tell the home where I am and what I'm doing.
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I am always early to work but sometimes late to other things.
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A woman can look both moral and exciting... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle.
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If I wasn't five-foot, I wouldn't be who I am! My size is a huge part of me.
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The survival of artistic modes in which we recognize ourselves, identify ourselves and place ourselves will survive as long as humanity survives.
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A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.
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It takes so long for the folks who are earning minimum wage to finally see a little bit of a rise... that it takes a little nudge, I think, from government.
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My parents gave me the easy option that if you're going to go your way, that's the highway. You can expect no funds and no support, which I think was legitimate; that was a fair option.
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Life is not about dwelling on the bad.
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My first album was completed in three months.
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When someone saves your life and gives you life, there's gratitude, humility; there's a time you've been so blessed you realize you've been given another chance at life that maybe you did or didn't deserve.
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Seriously, I do a lot of yoga, so I'm in control of my body.
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The second trial was a fair trial. I do not call it a second trial. I call it a fair trial, as opposed to the first trial, which was an unfair trial, a Roman holiday.
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The only reality show that I do tune in for is 'Shark Tank.'
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I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.
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Sometimes, it's just unfortunate you get injured in the game. But you can definitely take strides to prevent those things.
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In '94, we made the deal during collective bargaining that wasn't the right deal, just to save the season. Allowing the 'in the crease' rule, the foot-in-the-crease rule, we should have not done.
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My mom was concerned that us four little black girls have a really well-balanced life. She wanted us to be around people like us, but we also went to private school and traveled all the time. Now I fit in most places because I've been most places.
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American Pie speaks to the loss that we feel. That's why that song has found the niche that it has.
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She was having some difficulty piecing together exactly why she deserved to be in this place, but she wasn't stupid enough to deny that in the end life was cruel and didn't pay attention to what was fair.
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I grew up in Siena and was surrounded by the Palio, and all my friends at school were obsessed with it. But since my parents are English, I was never quite part of it.
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I may like L.A., but I want to know when the seasons are.
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I have never sought the reason why I write.
