Orhan Pamuk Quotes
One side of me is very busy paying attention to the details of life, the humanity of people, catching the street voices, the middle-class, upper-middle-class secret lives of Turks. The other side is interested in history and class and gender, trying to get all of society in a very realistic way.
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Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
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The main thing I want to do is make people feel more connected and more active.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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Once you come and see Kiss, you either love us or you hate us.
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It's different from Liverpool. Boston seems to be a friendly place.
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Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.
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Our party never tolerated those who use violence for political ends. Our leaders lost their lives standing against terrorism.
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I have an affinity for the law. I like looking at the small type on contracts, and if I could have afforded law school, I probably would have gone.
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If you just keep your head down, work, and put it on the bottom line, sooner or later that takes care of everything else.
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Thumbs up to the buxom woman. Size zero is boring!
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When I was a teenager, reading for me was as normal, as unremarkable as eating or breathing. Reading gave flight to my imagination and strengthened my understanding of the world, the society I lived in, and myself. More importantly, reading was fun, a way to live more than one life as I immersed myself in each good book I read.
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Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed.
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When you have a movie, you know who they start out as and where they go. But this is constantly changing, and you're growing with the character.
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Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.
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I'm very involved in the writing on every level.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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Illiteracy is rampant. People are out of communication.
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Is it demonstratable? Does it have that wow factor? Is it easy to use? Is it priced right?
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Those who are seeking ways to tap into the potential of e-mail will find themselves in a position to capitalize on the pending explosion in Internet usage.
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As a young child, I thought that all pianists played everything. I mean, I thought anything on piano - any piano music, all pianists played it.
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One side of me is very busy paying attention to the details of life, the humanity of people, catching the street voices, the middle-class, upper-middle-class secret lives of Turks. The other side is interested in history and class and gender, trying to get all of society in a very realistic way.
