Paul Auster Quotes
We grow older, but we do not change. We become more sophisticated, but at bottom we continue to resemble our young selves, eager to listen to the next story and the next, and the next.
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On the other hand, all kinds of adventurous schemes to add security checkpoints to subway and bus systems have been circulating since the London attacks. This is nonsense. No one can guaranty 100 percent security.
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The work on ants has profoundly affected the way I think about humans.
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How does one get bored of life?
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Where I grew up in the middle of Georgia, hip-hop is king, and on Friday and Saturday nights, local DJs do mixes. It's a great mix of local stuff and then some of the bigger hits and remixes of the hits, and it just has this nice flow with a dirty-South sound to everything.
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We all know we have a prescribed amount of time on Earth. We just don't know how much.
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Throughout his eight years in office, Barack Obama endured a campaign of illegitimacy waged either by pluralities or majorities of the Republican party. Donald Trump rooted his candidacy in that campaign. It's fairly obvious.
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On my darkest days, I wear my brightest colors.
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I think the minute you're full up and have had enough to eat, then that's time to retire.
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The Dormouse looked out, and he said with a sigh: "I suppose all these people know better than I. It was silly, perhaps, but I did like the view Of geraniums (red) and delphiniums (blue).
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The blues have always had some of the best times, best feelings I’ve ever had.
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He actually listened, rather than pretending to listen while waiting a suitable interval before it was his time to talk again.
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I would have loved to have a role in the HBO series 'Deadwood.' It was Shakespeare in the Old West.
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I found that it was easiest to convey the information in the context of the life of the scientist or in the context of our own personal experience, and there was no idea that was too complicated that couldn't be explained clearly and directly.
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Let your actions be ruled by your heart, not by your mind
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The people that live in my hometown do not walk along the street with smiles on their faces. It is a desperate place, but I got out.
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Give yourself a gift of five minutes of contemplation in awe of everything you see around you. Go outside and turn your attention to the many miracles around you. This five-minute-a-day regimen of appreciation and gratitude will help you to focus your life in awe.
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I am suspicious of what people might want from me. Do they like me, or my money?
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We grow older, but we do not change. We become more sophisticated, but at bottom we continue to resemble our young selves, eager to listen to the next story and the next, and the next.
