Paul Auster Quotes
Wounds are an essential part of life, and until you are wounded in some way, you cannot become a man.
Quotes to Explore
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I wonder if there'll ever be a time where you're not judged by your appearance. It seems that wherever you've got to, your appearance is always discussed. It's never said about men. We talk about a man's charisma, not his looks.
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If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity.
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As a child I really didn't like men at all, in fact.
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Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated, nor His greatness perceived, nor His beginning comprehended.
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But all over Ohio - all over America - men and women are going back to work with the pride of building something stamped 'Made in America.'
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But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean.
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Arab civilizations had been of an abstract nature, moral and intellectual rather than applied; and their lack of public spirit made their excellent private qualities futile. They were fortunate in their epoch: Europe had fallen barbarous; and the memory of Greek and Latin learning was fading from men's minds.
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If men are honest, everything they do and everywhere they go is for a chance to see women.
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By nature, men desire the beautiful.
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A mother deserves a day off to care for a sick child or sick parent without running into hardship - and you know what, a father does, too. It's time to do away with workplace policies that belong in a 'Mad Men' episode.
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All our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land.
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Men are what their mothers made them.
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I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.
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Women and men look at their life, and women say, 'What do I need? Do I need more money, or do I need more time?' And women are intelligent enough to say, 'I need more time.' And so, women lead balanced lives; men should be learning from women.
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Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.
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Today, as never before, the fates of men are so intimately linked to one another that a disaster for one is a disaster for everybody.
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Men are very competent in their workplace - and this is going to sound sexist - women are better at running households and juggling lots of things, kids and scheduling and that kind of thing.
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Firefighters are essential to the safety and security of our local communities. We owe it to these men and women to provide them with better training and equipment so they can do their jobs more effectively and safely.
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'Tis very strange Men should be so fond of being thought wickeder than they are.
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I like going after work back to Brooklyn because it is so much more relaxed and chill.
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Every separate sector of artistic creation has its own basic rules . . . data which govern it. They are contained in the textbooks on these subjects. A professional knows the rules of the game as a matter of course so that he can achieve, in the upper strata above that, a high quality of art.
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To be honest with you, I still eat whatever I want. It's all about portion control. I still love pizza, but instead of eating half, I eat a slice.
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I'm looking for stories that make me sit up and take notice. For engagement with language and style in ways that the genre doesn't see enough of.
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Wounds are an essential part of life, and until you are wounded in some way, you cannot become a man.
