Paul Auster Quotes
Libraries aren't in the real world, after all. They're places apart, sanctuaries of pure thought. In this way I can go on living on the moon for the rest of my life.
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Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.
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I want a natural burial. Just straight into the ground in a shroud.
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A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.
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The typical workday, particularly in startup mode, is from nine to six or nine to seven, then you take a two-hour break to work out and eat dinner. By that time, you're relaxed, and then you work until midnight or one A.M. If there was no break with physical activity, you'd be more tired and less alert.
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We want a marriage with our customers, not a relationship.
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I think there are a very few pro-lifers who would say that a zygote in a petri dish is the equivalent of you or me; it's just younger. If you can say that without laughing, maybe you are a true pro-lifer. But I think most people are able or willing to make distinctions that show they maybe don't quite believe that.
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Most Indians go into education. Their parents just push them into education like parents in Australia push them into sports.
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I love going to concerts, so that whole environment is something that intrigues me anyway.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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I've done movies I'm very proud of, but there's always a sense of: 'Come see this shiny new car!' The question I hate the most is: 'Why should people see it?'
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If the Knesset is a temple, then Feiglin is the idol. A Knesset where Feiglin presides is an impure Knesset.
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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.
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You can see neurosis from below - as a sickness - as most psychiatrists see it. Or you can understand it as a compassionate man might: respecting the neurosis as a fumbling and inefficient effort toward good ends.
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Los Angeles is a microcosm of the United States. If L.A. falls, the country falls.
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McCain I'd vote against under any circumstance.
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I love any excuse to come to New York - when it's not February.
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I've fallen down crevasses, been bitten by snakes, been knocked unconscious, had various limbs broken and once, a heavy camera came plunging down which very nearly decapitated me.
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An imam should be able to say that homosexuals are worse than pigs. My only demand is that you mustn't incite violence.
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I look at athletes in all sports and try to picture what kind of football player they'd be, what position they'd play and so on.
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The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power.
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Why do a reality show if you're going to be fake?
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Libraries aren't in the real world, after all. They're places apart, sanctuaries of pure thought. In this way I can go on living on the moon for the rest of my life.
