Paul Auster Quotes
People who don't like my work say that the connections seem too arbitrary. But that's how life is.
Quotes to Explore
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I see my daft surname as a positive thing. It first dawned on me that I had a comical name when someone called me 'Fishface' on my first day at school. I've heard all the fish jokes since then, many times over.
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Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.
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I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang - one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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My favorite thing to do in this world is to be on the ice playing hockey and try to entertain fans and bring wins to the Chicago Blackhawks.
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I do have the odd dream where I'm on stage and I've completely forgotten what I'm meant to be performing - so they are more nightmares than dreams.
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If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
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We legitimately walked into 'Anthem' head-on, not paying enough attention to internal band tension.
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How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
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One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the Good.
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The true measure of success for the U.N. is not how much we promise, but how much we deliver for those who need us most.
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One of the pleasures of getting older and making a living the way you want to is that your social circle becomes rarified, and the people who enter have been vetted.
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Your focus should be on creating an environment where growth can occur and then letting nature take its course.
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I've had to be tough my whole life.
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Either you are extrovert or introvert, and so I am an introvert in that sense. I'm not a social person that wants to go to parties.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history.
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Peyton Royce and Billie Kay are two phenomenal workers; I would love to see them up here on Smackdown. They're great girls with great talent. A bit of momentum, and we're going to see amazing things from them.
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War is good when good survives and evil is crushed. If you don't crush evil then evil will get you.
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You do get a chance to think about things when you're at home, but that is when you want to relax and forget about football for a bit. Honestly, you don't really get time to stop and think about things. We have a job to do. That is all we concentrate on, going game by game.
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I love history, and Churchill is one of my favorite people to study. He's a fascinating, fascinating man.
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The need for general scientific understanding by the public has never been larger, and the penalty for scientific illiteracy never harsher… Lack of scientific fundamentals causes people to make foolish decisions about issues such as the toxicity of chemicals, the efficacy of medicines, the changes in the global climate.
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Some people wonder why they can't have faith for healing. They feed their body three hot meals a day, and their spirit one cold snack a week.
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People who don't like my work say that the connections seem too arbitrary. But that's how life is.
