Gary Shteyngart Quotes
I love Paul Giamatti - God, that man is like a walking Chekhov. His connection to humanity is unbelievable, and those feelings of low self-esteem - the way that all comes together on the screen? Delicious.
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I would love to be a singer if I had the talent for it. I'd love to be a graphic designer if I had the talent for it. Those are things I've always just admired - the work of other artists.
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When I lived in Greece and off the coast of Italy, I enjoyed a branzino dish so much that I created my own version.
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There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.
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You know, I endeavor to be more like my older brother. He's very magnetic. He's actually very much like 'Castle' in that people are attracted to him, and just want to be near him. You want to know where my brother is in a crowded room? He's the guy with the crowd around him.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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Hispanic unemployment is higher than the national average and when the federal government is killing small businesses and killing jobs it is hurting the future of the Hispanic community and we need to carry that message.
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I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense.
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Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
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I've never, ever done a piece of work - and can't imagine doing a piece of work - when I've thought, 'I was pretty perfect in that.'
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My instinct is to be very controlling.
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You do not build your own houses, nor make your own garments, nor bake your own bread, simply because you know that if you were to attempt all these things they would all be more or less ill done.
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I do not want to be a long-term CEO.
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We live in a dark time. Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.
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I'll give you my worst nightmare. I'm dreaming that I'm onstage, the curtain goes up, and I have no idea what my lines are or what's going on. I think I should know, I kind of know, I remember rehearsing... and the audience is there waiting.
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History should belong to all of us, and it needs to include people from different cultural backgrounds. Otherwise, it risks becoming irrelevant to children, who could then become disenchanted with education.
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You don't do things right once in a while. You do things right all the time.
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Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars.
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Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.
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It may well be that some composers do not believe in God. All of them, however, believe in Bach.
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I always save a huge book for a flight, because then you read it at both airports and on the plane and by the time you get home you're a quarter of the way through and it doesn't feel so unmanageable any more.
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Sexism is alive and well in politics, as it is in all industries.
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The biggest cost of poor quality is when your customer buys it from someone else because they didn't like yours.
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If you want to be an actor, my advice is to learn your lines and don't bump into the other actors.
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I love Paul Giamatti - God, that man is like a walking Chekhov. His connection to humanity is unbelievable, and those feelings of low self-esteem - the way that all comes together on the screen? Delicious.
