Orhan Pamuk Quotes
When I paint, I definitely live in the present, like someone in a shower whistling or singing.
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Getting direct consumer revenue through movies or games or other culture products is something that we are very suitable for.
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My function is, as objectively and accurately as I can, to present reality to people out there, and doing that as quickly as we do is quite difficult enough, thank you.
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I'm a journalist and author. I make my living by finding things out and writing about them.
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Bond? It is a bit like saying, 'Do you want to play Superman?' Anyone would dream of it. It's one of the most coveted roles in film. I'd be honoured. But I don't know if it will actually happen. I'm just happy with the idea of being associated with it. It's nice there's a lot of good will.
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I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.
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Yes, my parents are strict about me having a childhood. I go ice skating and sledding, and swimming in the summer.
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I'm kind of a sucker for the retro-diagnoses.
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You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.
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Let us unite the world through the compassion for our children.
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Dr. Dre, my oldest brother, he paved the way for me and Snoop to get a chance to get into the studio. I asked him to show me how to work the MPC-60... I was about maybe 17, 18, right around there.
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I spent a lot of time between bars like this.
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I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.
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Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
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Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
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I had never really felt settled in Brooklyn. I think it had to do with growing up in New Jersey and being someone who her whole life wanted to live in the city, and the city meant Manhattan.
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I was born a proud daughter of Pakistan, though like all Swatis I thought of myself first as a Swati and Pashtun, before Pakistani.
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To create a nice relationship with an ex, the love has to change form. I think you just have to put your children first.
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I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by the fish tank. I was in the toilet singing. The bass player was out by the shelves in the living room, and the guitarist was on the couch by the telly.
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I'm not patient, and some things drive me crazy. In my work, I get incredibly upset when people don't get it right or don't respect others' needs.
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People don't know the past, even though we live in literate societies, because they don't trust the sources of the past.
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I know what it's like to have a bunch of material that's working that you don't care about. You want to die.
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Sometimes when you get to the press conferences, you hear you're going to play this person in the semifinals, and in the quarters, you're going to play her. And I'm like, 'Hold on a second.' First of all, you have to make it there. Second, your opponent needs to make it there. It looks easier on paper than it is in real life.
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When I paint, I definitely live in the present, like someone in a shower whistling or singing.
