Paul Auster Quotes
There are two kinds of typical days. There's the typical day when I'm writing a novel, and there's the typical day when I'm not.
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I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.
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The scene that has raised the most objections in 'The Interview' is at the very end, when Kim's head dissolves into flames. To me, it feels gratuitous.
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The situation is quite serious - groundwater is important source for water use, including drinking water, and if it gets contaminated, it's very costly and difficult to clean.
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I do not support a North American Union. I disagree fundamentally with that, and I think the United States should be governing itself and not being governed by multilateral unions, the United Nations.
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I've been writing songs since I was at least 20. That's what I wanted to do before I became a model.
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All of my songs are autobiographical.
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A new reader shouldn't be able to find you in your work, though someone who's read more may begin to.
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The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.
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Look what Disney's done to their animation department. There wasn't an animator in charge of their animation unit!
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Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?
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My original project was called 'The Wheel'; there's a record out there called 'Desire & The Dissolving Man,' 'The Memory Of Loss' as well. There's also 'Falling Faster Than You Can Run,' also 'Closer'; all of that's on our website.
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Using a dog as a narrator has limitations and it has advantages. The limitations are that a dog cannot speak. A dog has no thumbs. A dog can't communicate his thoughts except with gestures.
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I definitely think there's some way to understand how people emotionally feel about somebody, but I don't think data collects it. They're not going to click your bit.ly link or click your TweetMeme retweet every time.
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I constantly work at maintaining balance. For me, my family comes first. If my family is taken care of, then everything else usually falls into place.
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Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.
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People pretend to be nice; people pretend to be smooth and polite and everything, but this is only an appearance because the way we're built as human beings is only in paradox and contradictions.
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They hate whom they fear.
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You begin to take on the mentality of your coach. If he feels so confident, then I feel confident.
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My wife turns me onto shows. I do end up watching them. She has to drag me in there, and when she does, I enjoy it. 'Glee' was one of those things for the first year, especially - I got into that. I would sit down with a glass of wine and get into that. I even have a 'Glee' CD in my car.
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I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.
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I do take care of myself; I get my nails done, and I have a skin doctor, but that's it. I'm clean and groomed.
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Painting bodies with the patterns of Kusama's hallucinations obliterated their individual selves and returned them to the infinite universe.
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The whole trip that happened in the late 60s and 70s was kind of a throwback to a lot of folk styles. I got into it as well 'cause I started with the folk styles.
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There are two kinds of typical days. There's the typical day when I'm writing a novel, and there's the typical day when I'm not.
