Steven Millhauser Quotes
His ambition was to insert his dreams into the world, and if they were the wrong dreams, then he would dream them in solitude.
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If Harvard is $60,000 and University of Toronto, where I went to school, is maybe six. So you're really telling me that education is 10 times better at Harvard than it is at University of Toronto? That seems ridiculous to me.
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When your conscience says law is immoral, don't follow it.
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I love Coco de Mer.
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What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it.
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People ask me, 'Isn't it scary living on your own?' but in this industry, being at events, doing interviews, and doing promotion and constantly chatting about yourself, sometimes it's really nice to just sit in silence or take a day where you can sleep in until 3 P.M. and then stay up as late as you like.
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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How a piece ends is very important to me. It's the last chance to leave an impression with the reader, the last shot at 'nailing' it. I love to write ending lines; usually, I know them first and write toward them, but if I knew how they came to me, I wouldn't tell.
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Even President Obama has not suggested he could get another country to pay for building a wall between Mexico and the United States.
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The Companion of Honour I regarded as an award from the country for 50 years of work - which I thought was okay.
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I was interested in what was really going on in Salem at that time, and I resolved to investigate this seemingly unorthodox treatment of the people and the period.
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I know something quite sure. We'll never have peace with this Syrian regime. They'll never give us relief, and we'll never forget that.
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Physical roles give me a chance to learn something new.
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No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
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London is my home. I miss my family so much; it's hard being away. And I miss salt and vinegar crisps. And Marmite. And good fudge. Oh my God. Clotted cream fudge.
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Each day, each one of us chooses not to do many things that would be legal but offensive to those around us.
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There are plenty of problems in the world, and doubtless climate change - or whatever the currently voguish phrase for it all is - certainly is one of them. But it's low on my list.
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It meant a lot because it was my first time to compete as a senior at that meet, which was kind of weird because I've done senior all year, but I didn't get to compete last year because of my elbow.
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It's always hard, after you've been in command, to take a lesser role.
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As an actor myself, I know we go where the work is, but I think it's sad the Lyric haven't found any homegrown talent.
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The pleasure of praise and reward must energize, the pain of blame and punishment must teach, else teacher and society have misused these social tools.
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I didn't start working on children's books until I got a job at a book warehouse on the children's floor. When I started reading some of the books, I was so impressed.
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I don't speak anything fluently, but I love picking up languages and I do this Duolingo app. I started when I moved to Sweden, when I was about 19, 20. I really loved the language; it was super melodic and really sexy.
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A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.
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His ambition was to insert his dreams into the world, and if they were the wrong dreams, then he would dream them in solitude.
