Paul Auster Quotes
Movies are not novels, and that's why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result is almost always failure. It can't be done.
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Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is ever on the lips of its members, and which, I hope, is in their hearts, as I know and feel it is in mine, and mean it shall be in my conduct.
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In the Seventies, a lot of executions via electric chair failed because of technical problems. Seed tells the true story of someone who survived and sought revenge. They buried him alive to make it seem he was dead.
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Because of my own family's service (in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Massachusetts and New York National Guard), I am a strong supporter of the military and do believe that there are just wars.
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On one hand I am this weird androgynous tomboy where I'm strangely low maintenance and have a five-minute makeup regimen. On the other I'm obsessed with all things beauty, from skin care to makeup.
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If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.
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English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.
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I find that people in the food world are amazingly willing to talk about what they are doing, even when those things are quasi-legal or taboo.
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I'm not one to get involved with what anyone says about me.
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I try to shut out ideas about why you should do things. Trying to do good architecture and really designing a career? There's some attention to be paid to that, but I don't think it's everything.
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Romy and I, we're learning how to share the xx with people who aren't in the xx.
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The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones.
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To be the outsider is actually a great thing in England.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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The family code in Egypt is one of the worst family codes in the Arab world. Polygamy. The husband is having absolute power over the family.
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Cultures are never merely intellectual constructs. They take form through the collective intelligence and memory, through a commonly held psychology and emotions, through spiritual and artistic communion.
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You'd have to be an idiot to say no to 'Hunger Games.'
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I took the longest showers of my life after every time I visited Gramacho. It affects the personality of the catadores. They always dress really well, they're very sharp, and when they go out they always wear a lot of perfume because they're very conscious of the possibility of having the smell.
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Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you.
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Conscience in most men, is but the anticipation of the opinions of others.
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Whether it's marriage of business, patience is the first rule of success.
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I've tried to do the sad-bastard thing for long enough. I just want to have a good time.
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I'm just going to try to hit the ball hard. If it's going out of the park, that'll be OK.
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Movies are not novels, and that's why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result is almost always failure. It can't be done.
