Paul Auster Quotes
For me a paragraph in a novel is a bit like a line in a poem. It has its own shape, its own music, its own integrity.
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I am basically a citizen of the modern world, as we all are, praise the Lord and damn us all to hell.
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Recruiting is the hardest part of any business, but in charity, it is 10 times harder.
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I had to get out of America to get a professional life going where I could actually make a living.
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Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.
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Well, it's taken a long time to get the Department of Homeland Security established. It's taken a long time for the Congress to decide how much it wanted to fund.
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I have always thought if there is a game, and there have been a lot of fouls on me, then I have been playing well for the team, so that means we're having a good match. You can win a free-kick when there's a foul, and that's a chance to score a goal.
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Nobody believed in the success of the Internet.
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My mother was a trained nurse, and she'd tell me that patients would fight as they were administered anaesthetic, grappling to get the gas mask off their face.
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Being a nice person is about courtesy: you're friendly, polite, agreeable, and accommodating. When people believe they have to be nice in order to give, they fail to set boundaries, rarely say no, and become pushovers, letting others walk all over them.
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I find that once you start helping others, it makes you feel better about yourself. It helps you figure out what you want to do with your own life.
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I saw myself as a teacher's pet but with a little of Ed Haskell mixed in. I was the teacher's pet, but that didn't mean that I was trying to pull one over.
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I am not authorized to fire substitute teachers.
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Neil Young is the prime example, the grand goal, if you will. He's still shredding, and he never lost his credibility.
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If I do a film and have to get naked, that tends to dictate how often I go to the gym. Acting in 'Richard II' on stage was a huge physical workout, so I ended up more toned than I normally am.
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My parents did everything possible. My dad has worked from eight in the morning until nine in the evening to make it possible so I can play tennis. We had to cancel tournaments because we couldn't afford to go there.
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In some theoretical way I know that a half-million people hear the show. But in a day-to-day way, there's not much evidence of it.
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At the end of day, what matters most to God, what moves His heart, isn't our fancy words and impressive possessions - it's the condition of our hearts.
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Mars is really different, into art. Lydia Lunch is more energy. James Chance is more commercial in a different way, in funk and jazz. They were all doing original things, trying to create their own sound and music. I think they're all great.
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Leslie Nielsen was my favorite growing up; getting to work with him was amazing.
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A pretty girl is better than a plain one. A leg is better than an arm. A bedroom is better than a living room. An arrival is better that a departure. A birth is better than a death. A chase is better than a chat. A dog is better than a landscape. A kitten is better than a dog. A baby is better than a kitten. A kiss is better than a baby. A pratfall is better than anything.
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The wearing of fabric head coverings in worship was universally the practice of Christian women until the twentieth century. What happened? Did we suddenly find some biblical truth to which the saints for thousands of years were blind? Or were our biblical views of women gradually eroded by the modern feminist movement that has infiltrated the Church.
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On an island, anything can happen. In a crime novel, it usually does.
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For me a paragraph in a novel is a bit like a line in a poem. It has its own shape, its own music, its own integrity.
