Paul Auster Quotes

Brooklyn has a bit of everything - some of the most beautiful things in America, and some of the most wretched, ugly, impoverished things.

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• Tone can be as important as text.

  

  Ed Koch
  • Important
  • Text
  • Tone

• I love the streets, and the streets love me back. And when things ain't going the way they should go, they let you know... and when they happy, you gotta keep 'em happy.

  

  Young Jeezy
  • Happy
  • Way
  • Know

• I work eight hours a day, but I'm not writing all that time. I'm thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of.

  

  Barbara Taylor Bradford
  • Up
  • Time
  • Work

• More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.

  

  Barbara Boxer
  • Women
  • Country
  • Respect

• I think as long as I have a creative outlet, I'm happy.

  

  Nat Wolff
  • Long
  • Happy
  • Creative

• No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • People
  • Life
  • Good

• One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Play
  • Winning
  • Should

• Lipgloss is my calling!

  

  Vanessa Hudgens
  • Calling

• In the first English class I attended, Prof. E. H. Elliot, addressing me, asked if I really belonged to the Junior B. A. class, and I had to answer him in the affirmative. He then proceeded to inquire how old I was.

  

  C. V. Raman
  • Old
  • Answer
  • Affirmative

• My mother had an illegal abortion in 1960, which was the year the birth control pill came out, but I guess a little late for her, but - and I never knew. I found out when my father, after her death, got her FBI file.

  

  Katha Pollitt
  • Mother
  • Father
  • Death

• Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Death
  • You
  • Advice

• I had a dream cast when Dan first went off and wrote 'Ghostbusters 3' by himself. It was so long ago that my dream cast was Ben Stiller, Chris Farley, and Chris Rock. That would have been cool. Now, a lot of time has passed, and there are a lot of young funny people.

  

  Harold Ramis
  • People
  • Time
  • Long

• If you don't feel good in it, don't wear it. Because it'll never look good. Any hesitation in the fitting room and just walk away.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Good
  • Walk
  • Feel Good

• I'm going to prove to the fans, going to prove to my teammates, that I can be a better defensive player, offensive player, to win games.

  

  Pablo Sandoval
  • Player
  • Better
  • Win

• I am deeply concerned with the diminution of the teaching strength of the country as a result of the disproportionately low salaries that are paid to teachers throughout the country.

  

  Bainbridge Colby
  • Teaching
  • Teachers
  • Salaries

• I really feel my family is my priority.

  

  Vicki Lawrence
  • Family
  • Feel
  • Priority

• At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.

  

  Ovid
  • Time
  • Wise
  • Everything

• Most writers have no idea how to make a film. It's a totally different skill set. Nor is it just to translate exactly what's on the page directly on to the screen - because that would be terrible. It would be five hours long, and the structure would be a mess. But the writers know the characters and the story.

  

  Gayle Forman
  • Different
  • Long
  • Story

• All we talk about is 'Islamic terrorism.' If the two words are associated for long enough it's obviously going to have an effect on how people think about Muslims.

  

  Samantha Power
  • People
  • Long
  • Words

• I never like being touched, ever. People used to say I held my breath when they were hugging me. I still do.

  

  Angelina Jolie
  • People
  • Stills
  • Used

• Creator and reader are partners in the invisible creating something out of nothing, time and time again.

  

  Scott McCloud
  • Reader
  • Creator
  • Invisible

• Putting love first means knowing that the universe supports you in creating the good, the holy, and the beautiful. It means knowing that you're on the earth for a purpose, and that the purpose itself will create opportunities for its accomplishment.

  

  Marianne Williamson
  • Good
  • Beautiful
  • Universe

• So," she went on, "it got me thinking about what cost beauty. Or for that matter, what cost anything? Would you trade love for beauty? Or happiness for beauty? Could a gorgeous person with a mean streak be a worthy trade? And if you did make the trade, decide you'd take that beautiful swan and hope it wouldn't turn on you, what would you do if it did?

  

  Sarah Dessen
  • Thinking
  • Beautiful
  • Mean

• Brooklyn has a bit of everything - some of the most beautiful things in America, and some of the most wretched, ugly, impoverished things.

  

  Paul Auster
  • America
  • Beautiful
  • Ugly