Paul Auster Quotes
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The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy.
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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You can understand why good publicists go on to run distribution companies: because the creativity involved is complex and nuanced.
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I've really enjoyed starting Quora from the beginning. It's really nice to have a new start to things.
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I do no writing while I'm in Belgrade visiting my grandma.
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I want to give my followers a positive message. I want to give those girls a positive message who have been forcefully married, who continue to sacrifice. I want to be an example for those people. That's my aim.
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The first single I released, 'Anything Goes,' is probably one of the best-written songs I've heard in a long time. It takes somebody knowing who you are. Sometimes writers know who an artist is and what they want to say and how they sing. I will never be opposed to cutting a song if somebody nails my life and what I'm going through.
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I've been accused of wanting to allow terrorists to have weapons to attack America.
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Honestly, at times, I still get bored. 'Dancing with the Stars' kept me busy, and that's what I like. When I first started fighting, I was working two jobs, and I was still going to school at the same time while training. I'm meant to be a busy person.
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The gap in education in this country, the unfairness of the schools, is one of the great unfairness in this society.
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When I first started out as a young journalist, I know that on at least two occasions, when I walked into a newsroom, I knew I was replacing the black person in that job.
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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
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I don't like baseball movies. I like movies about moral courage and people who are indomitable and courageous and right.
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I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
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I've always gone for the more sensitive, bookish guy, totally. The jock boys, the sporty guys, I don't know... they just didn't do it for me.
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Then all of a sudden, Quentin Tarantino comes along and puts a song from 40 years ago in one of his films and they've suddenly discovered you. That was a real gift that Quentin gave me.
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Well yes so far, I was recently in Germany and they had me do six book signings a day and that was too much so I had them cut it down to about three. It becomes taxing at times but its a lot of fun and you meet a lot of nice people.
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This is my spiritual journey through life, my way of making sense of the world. I don't need permission from anyone or accolades from anyone; it is completely internal.
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So it won't be a surprise when the Greek default actually happens and we expect it one way or the other to be relatively soon.
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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We are as answerable for what we give as for what we receive; nay, the misplacing of a benefit is worse than the not receiving of it; for the one is another person's fault, but the other is mine.
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I'd read one too many crime novels where the victim was just a name: body number one, dead woman number 12. I understood fear, and I wanted to create characters who made readers say, 'Please, don't hurt this guy.' That's the key to suspense. It's easy to disgust a reader. It's much harder to make them care.
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Grupo Limite is always going to be a major highlight of my life. We worked so hard, sometimes touring for 10 months at a time.
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Books demand more. You have to be a more active participant.
