Michel Houellebecq Quotes
The great advantage of a novel is you can put in whatever comes into your head - it has the same shape as the human brain.Michel Houellebecq
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I went through a lot in middle school, and you always try so many different looks and try to be so many different people. I finally realized I'm awkward, I'm lanky, and I'm going to embrace it - make fun of myself and just laugh.
Ireland Baldwin -
I try to make myself happy, no, because I know that if I'm not happy, my colleagues are not happy and my shareholders are not happy and my customers are not happy.
Jack Ma -
I am a passionate civil libertarian.
Ted Cruz -
I started cooking seven years ago for real, and I started with pasta, and lasagna and roast chicken. Very normal American dishes. When I turned on Food Network, or any sort of cooking channel, that's what people were making. So that's where your education comes from.
Aarti Sequeira -
I hope I can compete in one or two Olympics in my career. Of course I would like to win a medal, but just being there would be awesome.
Patrick Chan -
I went to New York City to Columbia University, and with the first directing exercise, I knew I was a director.
Patricia Riggen
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I win by submissions, knockouts. There's guys ranked above me, but no one's interested in seeing them fight. They want to see me fight.
Nate Diaz -
'Fargo' is one of my favorite movies.
Tate Donovan -
I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
I grew up in a suburb of Ohio, in a small town, and I resonated with that small-town feeling where everybody knows your business.
Rachael Harris -
I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's not usually on purpose.
Beck -
When I was a kid, I wasn't looking at the small-budget films myself. I was looking at 'James Bond' and all the major films, so I still have that energy. I still love those films.
Mads Mikkelsen
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God is decisively drawn to the humble.
C. J. Mahaney -
I read 'Whiplash,' and I wanted to do it.
J. K. Simmons -
I've been through Hell with some of the members of my old band, and Hell is highly stressful.
Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet -
I grew up in a very religious household. My mom was a church organist. I was a religious kid.
Dan Brown -
The worst part about being married is when you're not connecting. Your partner is going out the door when you're coming in, and you don't have a chance to debrief on the day. That's the worst.
Patrick Dempsey -
My life has never been easy. It's like all the major events of my life have always been difficult.
Florence Henderson
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All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.
Fran Lebowitz -
Angst is not the human condition, it’s the purgatory between what we have and what we want but can’t get.
Miguel Syjuco -
The mate for beauty should be a man and not a money chest.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton -
I can't wait to get my face lifted but my husband says, 'No, don't do it.' I think if it makes you feel better, go for it, but it would be nice if it looked good. There are a lot of people out there who are disasters and you think, 'Why did you do that?'
Felicity Huffman -
The great advantage of a novel is you can put in whatever comes into your head - it has the same shape as the human brain.
Michel Houellebecq