Nicole Krauss Quotes
There are two types of people in the world: those who prefer to be sad among others, and those who prefer to be sad alone.
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I made my parents crazy. As a kid, I redecorated my bedroom every month. I would literally save my allowance and go buy things.
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I'm Cuban, so I know a lot of people who act like vampires. But wait, vampires have to be invited to your house, so maybe they are nothing like Latinos!
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I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
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I think back to the 1990s, when I joined the Army, and all those peacetime years that we had, thinking, 'Will we ever go into combat?'
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It was in the Papal States that I studied the Roman Question. I traveled over every part of the country; I conversed with men of all opinions, examined things very closely, and collected my information on the spot.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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I sat out a few years because I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do next. So many things were changing in music and in culture, so it seemed like a good time to step back.
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That's a comic cover's job: Attract someone's attention and persuade them to try the issue out.
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Wanting to feel good is synonymous with wanting to feel God.
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I think Spain will always remain inspirational, and I think French cuisine will continue to be very French and yet very relevant with its time and keep evolving. But the last thing you want for it is to become too trendy and confusing. It has too much history.
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But the exposure we got by doing the stint with Nine Inch Nails brought us a lot of attention.
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I don't believe in writing anything that I don't know about or haven't researched about personally. I like to transport the reader to places, and in order to do that I have to do the research.
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Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
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I don't remember a time that I didn't know how to play the guitar.
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Aspiration, it seems, is in danger of becoming the preserve of the wealthy.
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Love and despair go hand in hand.
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If I were actually Homer Simpson, I'd be getting scripts out the wazoo.
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My life is an ongoing, ever changing adventure.
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People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
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I see a picture right now that's not parallel, so I'm going to go straighten it. Things must be in order.
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When people asked me what I was going to do when I grow up, I always said, 'I'm going to be a writer. I'm going to write screenplays. I'm going to write books. I'm going to write plays. That's what I'm going to do.'
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I'm obviously aware that people are quite focused on the economy rather than foreign policy issues, but that is something that should and can be altered as people see the nature of the threats around the world that we face.
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It's a long hard struggle from nothing to something if you're starting off with nothing, especially if you're raising a family.
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There are two types of people in the world: those who prefer to be sad among others, and those who prefer to be sad alone.
