Paul Auster Quotes
I think if we didn't contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive.
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I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
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It isn't hard to find injustice around us, but we must not let injustice smear the good deeds that do occur everyday.
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I have a blog in Chinese, which you can follow, Chinese signs. But I don't even update at all, often I don't.
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Raw fish suppers admittedly require a little planning, not least in the acquisition of the main ingredient.
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There are a lot of female directors in documentary, very talented. But it's always lower budget.
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For me, the Congress party is now my life, the people of India are my life, and I will fight for the people of India and for this party.
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I feel like you are doing better for the world if you're honoring you because everything is getting the authentic you.
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Seemed like everything I tried to do in broadcasting and as a player before that turned out successfully. I was succeeding. I got to the top of the heap in every facet of broadcasting.
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The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate nurture. I defended myself against him by alleging the trials which Christ endured, and that it was not much for me to suffer something for His sake; besides, He would help me to bear it.
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I don't think anyone really is interested in reading about my emotional state. It's not even interesting to me.
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Sometimes his methods are questionable, and even his morals are questionable, but his intention is always to protect Sydney. So in that way I think he's a good parent.
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I don't understand why you have to wear a wedding ring to warn people off. You should be able to be faithful to that person without anything on your body to show that you are with someone.
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Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. The beauty who does not look surprised, who accepts her position as her due - she reminds us too much of a prima donna.
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By mid-morning, I take a break from my novel and work on my Sunday Style column, which is about pop culture and what I find on the web. I usually start writing it at the beginning of the week and give it a couple of days to marinate before I return to it.
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I would love to learn how to dance. I can pick up choreography pretty well. But when you're dancing with your friends, I can't do that. I'm not a freestyler. It just doesn't come naturally to me. Clapping is my go-to dance.
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A lot of people think I'm a vegan. I'm not.
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I liked being on stage; I just didn't like the theatrical aspect of being in front of people.
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It's a situation where it's tough for Tom and tough for us, ... We think the world of him.
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Labour have been listening for too long to the so-called experts who think that competition is a dirty word and that communicating facts to our children is elitist.
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I began the process of recording myself seriously in the fall of 1999. If I could finish an album of my own music, I would. Five years later I am happy to say I have.
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It's going to be tough, to be honest. We still have guys that we can take care of ourselves, but with Houston out front, it's going to be tough. But you never know what can happen.
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I think if we didn't contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive.
