Orhan Pamuk Quotes
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I don't think it is important to be a role model, because if you are a role model, you are pretending to be someone else.
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I do not regret the part I have taken in a cause so just and interesting to mankind.
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There was a time when no difficult subjects were ever aired in the 'Lady', and sadly, life isn't like that.
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My style is all I have. When I go on stage, that's me in my comfort zone. It's not a costume. It's just me. And I want every woman to feel that way.
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So with the end of the Cold War, it became increasingly obvious that there was no basis upon which any decision was being made, not in the White House, and certainly because of that, not in the Congress.
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Ignorance is bliss. I wish I still had some.
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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Music was a big outlet for me. Being able to play an instrument and sing was definitely a good way for me to escape things I was dealing with: family issues, growing up, being a kid and not knowing what I wanted to do with my life.
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I view my role now as providing more of a macro-level skepticism, rather than saying this poll is good or this poll is evil.
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It used to be that you came out of school, and you got married - those who were going to get married. But my peers are getting married in their early 30s, so now there's like this extra 10 years of that angst.
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The whole point of having money, and working and making money, is to enjoy and spend it.
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We do not interfere in U.S. politics... and Europeans expect that America does not interfere in European politics.
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The first thing people say to me when they meet me is, 'You're so much skinner in person.' You have to live up to these standards that are so unrealistic. I try to tune it out.
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The Administration should never have walked away from the Kyoto Treaty. Global warming is real and it is here today. The facts aren't the issue. The policy is the issue. I think the Administration's policy on global warming is dead wrong.
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It's well proved economics that if a country which is rich and a country that is poor come together in global trade, sooner or later the standard of living of the poor country will go up towards that of the rich country.
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I trust every lead in every department. All of the teams are phenomenal artists. All I need to tell them is why to do something, not how to do something.
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I am not an angry guy. It's just the roles I do that impact my personality.
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I view myself primarily as a trial lawyer who happens to be writing, as opposed to a writer who happens to be a trial lawyer, so the audience is like a jury to me.
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There are still some pieces that aren't being used, like the white-space bands between TV channels. With digital broadcasting, those buffers aren't needed anymore. The wireless telcos want to lease them, while the TV industry wants to maintain the status quo. Either decision would be a mistake.
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You can take anything, and if you explore it right, you can make it funny.
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He was a very strict father, which in a way has helped me to become who I am today. He never pampered me, as he wanted me to live a normal life. No film magazines were allowed at home, and we weren't allowed to watch any movies.
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Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
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If you don't meet the standards, then you don't qualify.
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At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with.
