Russell Banks Quotes
A couple of years I taught in graduate programs at NYU and Columbia, in the early eighties.
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I'm happy that all my films are different from one another.
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Growing up in the public spotlight and having insecurities like every other girl, I really know what it's like to feel self-conscious.
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An estimated 7 million illegal immigrants were residing in the United States in January 2000. This is double the size of the illegal immigrant population in January 1990 and constitutes 2.5 percent of the total U.S. population of just over 281 million.
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The books I love most are the ones that combine some sort of gripping story with really beautiful or stylish writing. Some of my favorites are 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy, 'The Virgin Suicides' by Jeffrey Eugenides, 'The Interpreter of Maladies' by Jhumpa Lahiri, and 'Blindness' by Jose Saramago.
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The Afro-American is thus the backbone of the South.
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I gambled and I lost. I failed in securing my options for this choice for myself, but I succeeded in verifying the Dark Age is still with us.
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According to my principles, every master has his true and certain value. Praise and criticism cannot change any of that. Only the work itself praises and criticizes the master, and therefore I leave to everyone his own value.
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The Indonesian brands aren't interested in sports people, only movie stars, because they can get more exposure in the media.
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Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope; perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing its absurdity.
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The death penalty question should be put on the agenda in Hungary.
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I just want to get on and tell stories.
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I feel like all Londoners relate more to New York - L.A. doesn't feel like a 'city' city. It's like a sleepy town.
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We've become used to processing images that are part of the non-linear narrative theory. I think there's a thinner line between fantasy and normality. People spend much more time in their own heads now. There's so much to conform to, so many influences coming at you.
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I guess I've got a smart wife.
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Most entertainment is trying to get you. It's tested, like toothpaste.
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Trying to project our expectations and our desires onto the sci-fi being written in China now isn't terribly helpful.
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Karma is only in space time and causality. Your real self resides non-locally.
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The fact that I am Latino is not a secret. There's not much I can do about that. It is what it is. I think people know that my last name ends in a vowel. What can I tell you?
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I'm not on Page Six, because I don't have anything salacious happening in my life... unfortunately.
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A close associate of his gave an interview in which the book was described as quotes 'fiction from being to end'. I suffered trial by tabloid for a couple of weeks, lots of insults in the press, in the columns - this man should be put in the tower and so on.
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Sometimes it's hard to tell if a joke is working or not for the first couple of minutes.
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Weight loss programs and health clubs have an ethical and legal obligation to adequately disclose details about program costs before customers sign a contract. They should also clearly explain how the program works and what is expected so that consumers can make an informed choice whether to join.
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I can be immature. I know I can when I'm at my dance lessons or something. I become like the class clown. I don't know why. But I can flip in and out of it - if I need to be mature I can be mature, but if I want to have a bit of fun, I'll have a bit of fun.
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A couple of years I taught in graduate programs at NYU and Columbia, in the early eighties.
