Paul Auster Quotes
Each book I've done somehow finds its own unique form, a specific way it has to be written, and once I find it, I stick with it.
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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No one wants to hear the truth if it isn't what they want to hear.
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WWE was an opportunity to wrestle in front of thousands - in 2013, I did 227 matches, and almost all of them were in front of more than three or four thousand people, with a high of 70,000 plus. It was an incredible experience to be part of that.
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I know what feels good to eat and what doesn't. I try to err on the side of choices I know will leave me feeling more energized and ready to go, because it's always better to feel healthy.
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The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.
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The idea of a news broadcast once was to find someone with information and broadcast it. The idea now is to find someone with ignorance and spread it around.
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Through the years of experience I have found that air offers less resistance than dirt.
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
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Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
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Female adolescence is - universally - an emotionally and psychologically intense period.
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You really get the most out of sweet corn if you pick the corn off the stalk and rush it to a pot of boiling water. The longer you wait, the more sugar you lose. But if you get it in the first half hour, that is the sweetest corn ever.
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I actually didn't like Jane Austen. I was more into the Brontes. They were so wild and passionate. I thought there was something a bit tame about Austen.
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I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
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It's such an honor to do this job because I love it. And I get to work outside, and what can beat that?
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What I am going to tell you is this: Although it is commonly believed that the War on Terrorism is a noble effort to defend freedom, in reality, it has little to do with terrorism and even less to do with the defense of freedom.
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I didn't understand key signatures or anything, you know. I'd say silly things at the top of a trumpet part like, 'Note, when you play B naturals, make the B naturals a half step lower because they sound funny if they're B naturals.' And some guy said: 'Idiot, just put a flat on the third line and it's a key signature, you know?'
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I can only hope that my future movies will do well.
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I love fashion and there is no easier way to express yourself than through the clothes you wear.
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I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.
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All birds need to fly are the right-shaped wings, the right pressure and the right angle.
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I learned years ago to come to terms with having so much done for me by others.
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The outline is 95 percent of the book. Then I sit down and write, and that's the easy part.
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Each book I've done somehow finds its own unique form, a specific way it has to be written, and once I find it, I stick with it.
