Orhan Pamuk Quotes
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The difference between eccentricity and originality in historical studies is often difficult to detect at first encounter. When a radically new interpretation of a large segment of history makes its appearance, time is needed to sift the evidence.
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When I'm home, I'm Daddy, and everything is completely normal.
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It's jarring to go from one amazing experience to another that feels ordinary. I don't quite know how to explain it. You see the uniqueness of what you've been doing, and disassociating yourself from it and going back to the 'normal' life is tough.
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One thing I really hate is experience. Experience for me doesn't work. Everybody's talking about experience this, experience that.
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No, you will never see me on 'Dancing With the Stars.' Sorry.
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Maybe it will be a great thing when the Baby Boomers finally die out. In real life, it's not a matter of the good guys or the bad guys. Rather, it's big numbers and small numbers that do the counting.
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The dove act? I'm still working on it. I don't think it's perfect yet. I got my first pair of doves when I was 14 years old. That was the beginning of the formation of that act. So it's been 24 years now that I've been working on it.
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I'm still proud of what I've done, even if it hasn't been the biggest song on the radio or hasn't gone to number one.
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I, personally, do not consider myself to be some kind of Holy Mary of feminism.
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I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to be one of the most appalling things that can exist in society.
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We must dare to think 'unthinkable' thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world.
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We Christians should be aware that there's something at stake in cultural participation that we wouldn't have been concerned about if all we did was worry about the messages in culture.
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The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it.
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I was taking a break from university so I could play handball full-time for a year.
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I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college.
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I once told Tommy Smothers, 'If I could just get the money and the women straightened out, the rest of my life would be easy.'
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I have one identity, and that's Israeli and Jewish. I don't view myself as an American citizen.
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My first year, people were interested in me because I was new. Then the press started to come.
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I pray daily, not for more riches, but for more wisdom with which to recognize, embrace and enjoy what I already possess.
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I'm just looking to be in the best movies possible and do the best work possible and try to become a better actor and make better movies.
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There are moments when you feel as if you have been blessed for a while, moments when you think this is perfect, moments when you start to believe that even for an hour, even for a year, it might all happen. So I'm determined to keep making it get better and better.
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Being vegan doesn't make you a stronger, better athlete. But it allows you to make yourself a stronger, better athlete.
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I don't judge my characters.
