Paul Auster Quotes
Something happens, Blue thinks, and then it goes on happening forever. It can never be changed, can never be otherwise.
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Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag.
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I wanted a bronzer so I could look like I just came from Ibiza everyday.
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The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history.
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Real parent engagement means establishing meaningful ways for parents to be partners in their children's public education from the beginning - not just when a school is failing. The goal should be to never let a school get to that point.
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I think social media is good for promotion, stuff like that, but people are so negative. People are too negative. If you read the comments, it's just too negative.
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There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out to be true.
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I realize how myself and other people have started to almost fool ourselves that it's more important to us and more real than the real world, the offline world, and we value looking at our phone and pixels on a screen more than connecting eye to eye with a human being, which is terrifying to me because we're becoming robots.
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There's been quite a clear upswing in nationalist sentiments. Everyone is talking about it, in Turkey as well.
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As for the Canadians - good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they're good enough.
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There was a period of time when I first moved to Nashville, like the first couple of years, that I was just simply lost. I didn't know who I was; I didn't know really what I was doing here. I was meant to be a singer, but I just felt lost. That's when I went on the search for my birth family.
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Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.
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Accessing capital to start a business can be a daunting process, especially for entrepreneurs who start out with a great idea, but have no real familiarity with the business world.
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Whatever you do, don't discourage your dreaming propensity. Your heart's desires are not empty vaporings. They foreshadow possible realities. Man was made to aspire, to look upward.
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Some economists believe that the Greeks' work ethic and thrift can pull them through. But the classical virtues can do nothing to offset the dearth of innovation that plagues the economy.
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I have to have coffee in the morning.
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I think, more than anything else, my dog's death has made me grow up. I find myself thinking about the world in a more serious way.
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A slight throbbing about the temples told me that this discussion had reached saturation point.
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If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams.
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I was a big fan of the Tim Burton films. I really liked the character. And I remember thinking the Batmobile was very cool.
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When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married.
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There is simply too much to think about.
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The real loser of our times is the one who is expected to win.
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And it shall be my endeavour to reveal thee in my actions, knowing it is thy power gives me strength to act.
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Something happens, Blue thinks, and then it goes on happening forever. It can never be changed, can never be otherwise.
