André Aciman Quotes
Perhaps we were friends first and lovers second. But then perhaps this is what lovers are.
Quotes to Explore
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I was very influenced by movies; I was very influenced by a world that had a sense of dream.
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What you are comes to you.
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When you're a kid you're already trying to create your own world and organize the one in front of you, but then you get all insecure around 6th grade and don't think you have a right to share that.
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I was born in the small town of Gorizia, Italy, on 31 March, 1934. My father was an electrical engineer at the local telephone company and my mother an elementary school teacher.
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From a gameplay standpoint, I've said for years that hero, fiction, and tone have nothing to do with the idea that choices have consequences. And that's really what I'm interested in. I care about you showing how clever and creative you are.
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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
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If you have reason to think that yesterday's forecast went wrong, there is no glory in sticking to it.
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Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot.
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I think the Republican Party should be a pro-life party. I am pro-life. I do not apologize for that. On the flip side of that coin, the Republican Party has been big enough to allow pro-choice advocates to be heard.
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This is what the election of 2010 was about. We didn't send conservatives to Washington to flirt with Democrat proposals for higher taxes and more debt. We sent leaders to stop them.
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I love the Kerastase Hair Oils and the Philip Kingsley Elasticizer. They're great for making my hair really soft, but to be honest, any cheap conditioner works. Just leave it on and let it soak in, and it really helps, whatever you use.
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We all have a way to contribute, to your community, to your family, whatever it is you can do.
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When you're a mom and you have three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.
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When I wake up every morning, I thank God for the new day.
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Unfortunately, any girl - unless you're playing the action hero - is going to end up at some point handcuffed, gagged, and waiting for the hero to save her.
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You can not only do great things for an urban core by moving your employee base there, you're also going to be a better business.
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That's what everybody remembers. They don't remember how many medals I won in my career. They remember the 10s.
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Falling down became second nature and it really didn't bother me.
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People value and spend their money more wisely when they acquire it by their own efforts - also known as work.
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My mother was 45 when she had me, so when I was in high school my parents were the same age as my friends' grandparents.
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I'm a writer, not an activist. My job is to analyse things, to think them through and examine them.
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Every thoughtful and kind-hearted person must regard with interest any device or plan which promises to enable at least the more intelligent, enterprising, and determined part of those who are not capitalists to cease to labor for hire.
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Perhaps we were friends first and lovers second. But then perhaps this is what lovers are.
