Orhan Pamuk Quotes
I believe in a world where there are no heroes, and I've read and know humanity a lot. There are moments that I admire in a person courage, intellect, hard work. These are the qualities I admire in an intellectual, in a writer, and there are so many people who have these things.
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I think you grow up every year, every day. You learn something new and try to really worry about what's important in life.
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I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.
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The future is always the same, and that is to win trophies - next season, in two and three years.
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I worry about whether SBA programs are still doing what they are meant to do - support lenders who fund good business startups and good expansion plans.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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He who prays five times a day is in the protection of God, and he who is protected by God cannot be harmed by anyone.
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My great-grandchildren will not be able to enjoy the Gulf Coast of Louisiana the way I have.
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I was 12 years old when I had my first job, delivering packages.
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Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day.
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I feel quite safe and isolated in Germany. My wife is very well known there. But I am only looked at when I am holding her hand.
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The shoes and the eyes are windows to a woman's spirit.
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He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.
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I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes are adjectives, they are indicators. When you don't have any clothes on, it's just you, raw, and you can't hide.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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The one thing that the president continues to diminish, which I think is unfortunate, is the fact that the Russian government, at the highest level, deliberately interfered with our election in 2016, and according to all of our experts in the intelligence community, they are coming back with more force in 2018 and 2020.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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For the most part, the real work is done in the songwriting stage and recording; the next step is presenting to people.
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I like befriending my collaborators because I'd rather make music with people I like than people I pretend to like.
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Very often, I don't make it through moments of recording because it is genuinely funny and absolutely ridiculous that a 60-year-old grown man is making these noises.
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I'm on every worst-dressed list imaginable.
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We live in a democratic country, and in a democracy freedom of speech is for the people and also for the leaders.
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I believe in a world where there are no heroes, and I've read and know humanity a lot. There are moments that I admire in a person courage, intellect, hard work. These are the qualities I admire in an intellectual, in a writer, and there are so many people who have these things.
