Paul Auster Quotes
To leave the world a little better than you found it. That's the best a man can ever do.Paul Auster
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People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd.
Hannah Kent -
You have to be yourself.
Young Thug -
After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
Ingrid Betancourt -
Some day you will be wheeled in for a heart bypass operation, and a surgeon will be the person who is now behind the counter when you renew your car registration at the department of motor vehicles.
P. J. O'Rourke -
You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
Barry Mann -
You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
Major Owens
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
Larry Hovis -
Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
Kate Forsyth -
The basic right to quality and affordable health care is under assault by Donald Trump and Republicans in Washington.
J. B. Pritzker -
You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
Irwin Shaw -
Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.
Ina Garten -
My style of music is the great American songbook meets the pop world of the Seventies and Eighties.
Barry Manilow
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I want kids. I want a soccer team, and I want a husband.
Lady Gaga -
I travel around the world, and there are so many beautiful girls, but that's not going to make you a supermodel. You have to have something more than just a pretty face.
Irina Shayk -
I've never seen anywhere in the world as beautiful as Kashmir. It has something to do with the fact that the valley is very small and the mountains are very big, so you have this miniature countryside surrounded by the Himalayas, and it's just spectacular. And it's true, the people are very beautiful too.
Salman Rushdie -
Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that.
Pat Metheny -
I'd studied English literature at university, but I was also far more enamored with Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, and James Joyce. That was my passion.
Felicity Jones -
In fact I enjoyed every minute of my life at King's, especially the discovery of French and German literature.
Patrick White
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I used to listen to the soap operas with my grandmother.
Bob Edwards -
The quiet life is by no means the greatest life. Some characters can only reach the highest standard of spirituality by the disturbings or displacings in the order of God's providence.
F. B. Meyer -
You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there.
Yogi Berra -
Being part of the fashion world, I'm definitely not a fashion victim. If the style that's going on at that moment suits me, I might integrate it slightly into my look. I'm someone with my own unique style.
Talisa Soto -
Everything good in the world has feathers and wings and claws.
Catherynne M. Valente -
To leave the world a little better than you found it. That's the best a man can ever do.
Paul Auster