Orhan Pamuk Quotes
My hero wants to belong too, but he doesn't want to give up all the things he came to value in the west.
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I'm happy to fight anybody.
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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It's such an overused phrase: 'to be part of the conversation.' But it's true. It is nice to be part of the conversation - just be sure they are talking about you in the right way.
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My mum has lived in Australia for 22 years now, and we have a rocky relationship. But at the same time it's one I want to maintain. I need her to be my mum. The relationship took a lot of rebuilding.
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Unless you are Stephen King, a book signing is attended by maybe 40 or 50 people.
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Here, class attendance is expected and students are required to take notes, which they are tested on. What is missing, it seems to me, is the use of knowledge, the practical training.
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I once went on the most grueling radio tour. Living in hotel rooms, sleeping in the backs of rental cars as my mom drove to three different cities in one day.
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The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.
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Digital India is the only way for citizen empowerment, which can bring government transparency and accountability to citizens.
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Dating is a numbers game. What we try to promise is good first dates. Once that first date happens, it's really up to you.
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A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted.
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Using a forecasting company is like going to a fortune-teller. If you believe the company and the color does not sell, who do you blame? The forecasters? No, you blame yourself.
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My uncles and my aunts were outstanding. There's just no other way to say it.
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The time I trust will come, perhaps within the lives of some of us, when the outline of this science will be clearly made out and generally recognised, when its nomenclature will be fixed, and its principles form a part of elementary instruction.
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Change is the one thing we can be sure of.
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The Americans are more honest about it and just call it college rock.
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Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.
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I shop more than most women.
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Mashed potatoes with stuff in it? That's '90s.
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Office holders are a self-selected group; you don't get elected if you don't put your name on the ballot. There are many people who would do a great job, but who would never think to run. Find them. Badger them. Get them elected. They might not thank you for it, but a lot of other people will.
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The army of the emboldened and gleefully ill-informed is growing.
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Once every 12 years there is a unique opportunity to reinforce the bonds between Mexico and the United States, when our presidential election cycles coincide.
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I grew up in a martial arts gym surrounded by men and boys, and I pretty much call myself a tomboy.
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My hero wants to belong too, but he doesn't want to give up all the things he came to value in the west.
