Paul Auster Quotes
Our lives don't really belong to us, you see -- they belong to the world, and in spite of our efforts to make sense of it, the world is a place beyond our understanding.Paul Auster
Quotes to Explore
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
Baruch Spinoza -
The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.
Eddie Marsan -
I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame.
Zadie Smith -
I think the kind of unexpected I really love is when you open books and the actual way of writing is different and interesting. Like reading Virginia Woolf for the first time or Lawrence Durrell for the first time.
Lalla Ward -
For obstacle racing, you wanna be as light, lean, and fast as possible. So, if I lift a lot of weights, I'm gonna be a little bit heavier, which will make it harder for me to hold myself up.
Kacy Catanzaro -
Do you know why dogs are man's best friend? It's because they're not in politics.
Yitzhak Navon
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In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
Walter Savage Landor -
I'm a Sikh; it's part of my religious tradition to never cut my hair and keep it wrapped in a turban.
Waris Ahluwalia -
I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
Jack Nicholson -
President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need.
Randy Neugebauer -
The study titled 'Impact of Immigration on Wages, by Education Level, 1994-2007' found that increased immigration had an effect of lowering wages for earlier immigrants by an average of 4.6 percent. Running counter to popular perception is the finding that for native-born Americans, wages actually increased by 0.6 percent.
Fabrizio Moreira -
Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it.
Victor Hugo
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Films, fiction, can encompass a whole global vision on a particular subject with any story, whatever it is. You can play the story in whatever country with whatever language in whatever style you want to tell the story in.
Gael Garcia Bernal -
The business breeds such a deep insecurity. It's the nature of the beast, and there is nothing you can do to get away from that.
Kaitlin Doubleday -
I was four when I announced my ambition to write, eight when I began publishing such claims.
Taiye Selasi -
I do not care how brave a president is; I do not care how many medals he may wear. I do not care how well trained his guards may be. If he violates the will of the people, he shall be eliminated.
Ferdinand Marcos -
I love anything that involves the ocean. Swimming, snorkelling or surfing are all fun, which distracts from your mind that you are actually doing a workout. Being outdoors in the sun and the salt water is great for freeing your mind and feeling alive.
Samantha Stosur -
I never cultivated a personality. Almost everyone who is really famous has cultivated a personality.
Val Kilmer
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My life was pretty rough.
Yoko Ono -
My manic depression was ravaging my life, but because nobody could see it, many people thought it was a figment of my imagination.
Andy Behrman -
Harry Dresden: That's Doctor Smart-ass. I didn't spend eight years in insult college to be called Mister.
Jim Butcher -
To become completely healed is to become the healer - bringing the beauty and meaning you found into the world.
Alberto Villoldo -
Our lives don't really belong to us, you see -- they belong to the world, and in spite of our efforts to make sense of it, the world is a place beyond our understanding.
Paul Auster