Orhan Pamuk Quotes
A museum should not just be a place for fancy paintings but should be a place where we can communicate our lives through our everyday objects.
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Women can't be afraid to look like action heroes. It's not always pretty, but when it's on the screen, it translates well to the audience.
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I would wait in line for anything to do with 'Doctor Who.'
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I adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country.
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The Treatise tries to analyze not only modern Western families, but also those in other cultures and the changes in family structure during the past several centuries.
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Too many executives I've met over the years have the mentality of a bodybuilder; they've come to accept the idea that growth is synonymous with success.
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I made all my generals out of mud.
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The clash of civilizations or the clash between Islam and the West may be cliches. But there is an even bigger cliche around: that this clash actually goes on within Islam, between reformists and fanatics.
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I used to be the best comic actor in my batch. Everyone knew that my comic timing was impeccable.
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Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 - Chinese, Indian, Arab and Russian.
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I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves.
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Show business is one of those things that people can use to get themselves out of the lower rung of society.
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I haven't directed a film since 'Appaloosa,' and I've been looking for something because I love the directing thing.
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One of the most interesting aspects of the film project was collaborating with so many people - directors, filmmakers, and writers - over a five-year period. I learned that there are two components to this.
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I think that everything starts to go to hell when you start smelling your own farts and complimenting yourself on how great they smell. We're not going to turn into fart-smellers.
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There's nothing mathematical to my writing. It's a feeling.
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That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which is never an easy thing to do.
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Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic.
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Symbolism is alright in 'fiction,' but I tell true life stories simply about what happened to people I knew.
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The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.
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I've probably read more bad science fiction than anyone else alive. But I've also read more good science fiction than anyone else alive.
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One has to take a somewhat bold and dangerous line with this existence: especially as, whatever happens, we are bound to lose it.
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Because what is the face, what finally, is the skin over the flesh, a cover, a disguise, rouge for the insupportable horror of our living nature.
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Being more happy than not helps you get up every day.
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A museum should not just be a place for fancy paintings but should be a place where we can communicate our lives through our everyday objects.
