Nathalie Sarraute Quotes
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There's only one drummer. We all travel to his beat. Well, I couldn't sing his song. Because for me, it wasn't a truthful statement. Well, Linda sang it, and it was a monster for her.
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There's so many confusing messages that you're being sent about being pretty but not too pretty, smart but not too smart, ambitious but in a way that makes people comfortable. It's very hard to navigate.
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Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll do this for now, but I'm really a drummer.' That's what I'll put on my passport application.
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Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.
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I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.
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What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
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I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
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China has to go along with world trends. That's democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backward.
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Each member of the band has varied influences, and the same diversity is reflected in our fanbase.
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During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it.
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I must therefore implore your indulgence for a pretty long and plain development of my views concerning that cause which the citizens of New York, and you particularly, gentlemen, honour with generous interest.
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It is one thing to say that there is a constitutional right to keep a gun at home for protection. It is quite another to say there is a constitutional right to bring a hidden gun into a daycare center.
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I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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I promise not to take my thousands of dollars in student loan debt and move to Mexico. At least not right away.
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The older you get, the few slumber parties there are, and I hate that. I liked slumber parties. What happened to them?
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I decided a long time ago to be unfiltered and wholly myself in these areas of social media. I've been very happy with the results of this decision. I feel that I get lots of interaction and loyal support. So I'm grateful for my Twitter and Facebook followers every day.
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I did not count the days or the weeks or the months. Time is an illusion that only makes us pant. I survived because I forgot even the very notion of time.
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Classical musicians do this all the time. They want perfection. So they piece things together. Eight bars of this and six bars of that. Glenn Gould said that with a recording he wanted to make perfect versions of pieces.
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The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time.
