Paul Auster Quotes
I believe that every artist, in one way or another, is a wounded person. It's not natural to make art.

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I just love vintage. I have far too many vintage dresses.
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The United States may be a religious nation. But it is also a nation with a strong commitment to separation of church and state.
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You have this ability in hip hop to be invincibly cool, and that is a part of G-Eazy.
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Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God.
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This identity, this mind, this particular cast of speech, is nearly over.
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Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.
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I am convinced after more than 50 years in the field of motivation that anyone who wants to learn to look at life and/or their circumstances in a positive light can do so.
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Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.
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I knew that the artists that I loved the most had something about them that was very unfiltered and very rough.
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I feel quite safe and isolated in Germany. My wife is very well known there. But I am only looked at when I am holding her hand.
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It's important to get well-rounded right off the bat. A lot of experienced dancers can get pigeonholed into one thing. I've been hired for a lot of different gigs simply because I can do a lot of different things with different levels of dancers. And it's sad to me that some dancers don't do more.
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With its imagination and large sales, Apple has become the world's most valuable IT company. However people are starting to have doubts regarding Apple's silence on heavy metal pollution problems.
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I full well realize that politics is a rough and tumble business, but politics should not be reduced to lobbing partisan hand grenades. Politics is not war. Terrorism is.
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We had a relationship that lasted 44 years. Herbert and I lived together 10 years before we were married. He always gave me a little heart for whatever anniversary.
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I don't believe I could work as effectively at what I do without the support of my wife.
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I figure no matter how old you are, it's always going to be your first marriage and no life experience is going to make you a better judge of who you should marry.
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I hope to do big action movies and strong dramas, and to produce films. I also want to get kids more involved in what's going on in the world and to be politically active.
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The young know how truly difficult and dreadful youth can be. Their youth is wasted on everyone else, that's the horror. The young have no authority, no respect.
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I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.
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The entertainment business is and always has been about money, and it's about, "Does that person merit that salary?" The fact is that the business, in my view, has been somewhat bankrupt for years - only the new media made it viable.
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Parenting is not just about you and your kid; it's also about whomever you're parenting your child with. So there is a kind of 'awareness' involved for everybody. It's all about the way you interact with your child and participate in your child's life.
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I am a Gemini and can adapt to most atmospheres. You get two for the price of one when you are a Gemini.
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I believe that every artist, in one way or another, is a wounded person. It's not natural to make art.