Paul Auster Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I got to grow up in an incredibly artistic family.
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I tried college and I hated that. I seem to quit everything I do.
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Democracy requires common ground on which all can stand, but that ground is sinking beneath our feet, and democracy may be going down the sinkhole with it.
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I do comedy to give people an ephemeral escape from the tragedy that permeates everyday life.
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What I value in books is lucidity. I want the language to be rich; I love lexical fireworks on the page, but I have to know what it means. I want to be surprised and delighted, not merely baffled.
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There are, in fact, very few organic zinc compounds; only the first members of the series, which correspond to the simplest organic radicals, can be prepared without too much difficulty, but they have the disadvantage of being spontaneously inflammable in air and are consequently very dangerous to handle.
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I do not have one theme for each season, I just try to make beautiful clothes all year round.
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That Sid Vicious was obviously a schizophrenic, kind of a mean one too.
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I'm not a trained singer at all. I've auditioned on occasion for proper musical theatre-type stuff, but I can't read music, and I wasn't particularly good at it.
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I don't have a big appetite. I don't eat a lot, to be honest - never. I'm a bit like a little bird, picking all day long, but I'm not getting pasta or getting all those things, you know?
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Growing up, a film was an action film or it was a comedy or it was romantic, but you don't really see such stark lines between genres nowadays.
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God has taken away the greatest man of his generation, for Dr. Livingstone stood alone.
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Water boarding: Is that like snowboarding?! 12.
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...next time you rake up those leaves realize you're about to jump into a pile of tree shit. 19.
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Those who think the information brought out at a criminal trial is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth are fools. Prosecuting or defending a case is nothing more than getting to those people who will talk for your side, who will say what you want said.
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Wherever good fortune enters, envy lays siege to the place and attacks it; and when it departs, sorrow and repentance remain behind.
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Girl, you don't know what you're puttin' through. It's a business doing pleasure, a business doing pleasure with you.
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The kitchen may not get cleaned, and I have to accept that. I do the important things.
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The heaven of the envied is hell for the envious. [...because they focus on what they don't have rather than being grateful for what they have, which is always better than some others.]
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Instagram is amazing, and I enjoy sharing photos there. However, I don't think it is where my photos will go to live.
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I really miss things like going to football games and pep rallies, and when I come home to Tulsa, I always try to go to those things.
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I don't know where actors go after they die, but I know people who help other people have a nice place to go. And I would like to go there if I can.
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If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything.
