Paul Auster Quotes
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I love to see women who are comfortable in their skin and dress to suit their body - that looks fabulous because it's authentic.
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
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I believed in myself. I never imagined myself as just an ordinary player.
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How come foreign accents are so sexy? If I say, 'I'm going to the store,' it sounds boring, benign and rudimentary. But if it's said with an accent, it sounds fundamentally cool.
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Practical wisdom is what's called for in situations that have a moral dimension to them.
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The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill... its purpose is to reach a political goal.
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When a single author uploading his own books to Amazon can earn more money than a large N.Y. publisher exploiting both print and e-rights, there's something amiss.
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My children are magical creatures and I love them to death.
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There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.
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What hasn't Barbie been? I don't think I can create an occupation that she has not done yet.
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Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.
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I not only work online through my various projects, but I am an avid user of online technologies to connect and engage with friends as well.
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It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.
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Falsehood is a perennial spring.
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I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best.
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As a film actor, you don't often get that opportunity to meet with your audience and take your applause on stage.
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Every year I go to the Google Zeitgeist conference, which is invite-only, and I'm one of about 20 women and five fashion people out of the 400 there.
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Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms.
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Any action is better than no action at all.
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I'm a big reader. My kids love reading, and I think it's important, not just for development but for bonding. You start reading to kids before they can even understand what you're saying to them, so I look at it as a fundamental tool for connection.
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It is very important for a priest, in the parish itself, to see how people trust in him and to experience, in addition to their trust, also their generosity in pardoning his weaknesses.
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It's really fun to play a character that fights back and say what she means.
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More than fantasy or even science fiction, Ray Bradbury wrote horror, and like so many great horror writers he was himself utterly without fear, of anything. He wasn't afraid of looking uncool - he wasn't scared to openly love innocence, or to be optimistic, or to write sentimentally when he felt that way.
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I guess the important thing for young writers is to read.
