André Aciman Quotes
I began reluctantly to steal from the present to pay off debts I knew I'd incur in the future.
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I'd love to do all types of film, not just comedy, although I love comedy.
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I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.
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Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such a huge part of our lives.
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Especially in comedies, I think a lot of time the female characters are there to provide a balance for guys.
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Without a doubt, I'd love to do Broadway. I actually can't wait to get back to musical theater.
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The spiritual is the cause of action. Action is life.
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No one person is an island.
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Personally, I don't like watching violence. I'd much rather see more skin.
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It's not enough to have economic growth. You have to distribute wealth throughout all of society.
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I feel that 'The Great Failure' is really a book written out of great love and a willingness to face all of who a human being is.
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Writing, more than any other art, is indexed to the worthiness of the self because it is identified in people's minds with emotion.
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Don't believe what I say. Believe what I do.
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I archive a lot of my clothes and have them wrapped up and in boxes. I call them 'little tombs' and keep them in a storage space... I would never get rid of the dress I wore on the night I won my Oscar. When I die, someone can have it, but not a minute before!
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Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.
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Writers, actors, anybody working on an ensemble-type thing, there are going to be some creaks in the beginning. It seems like there's tremendous potential in just letting things sort of breathe a little bit. It's tremendously important.
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What's great in theater is that you can sustain the arc of a character for a full three hours, whereas in film or TV, you have to create that arc in little pieces, and usually out of sequence.
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We shot 'Party Girl' on film, and I remember being told, 'We need to get this in two takes because we don't have a lot of film in the mag right now!'
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Major organizational changes create uncertainty.
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It feels good when you come to a place like Oklahoma to charge up the batteries. I need that.
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The life of Lord Krishna has been misunderstood by many Western commentators. Scriptural allegory is baffling to literal minds. A hilarious blunder by a translator will illustrate this point. The story concerns an inspired medieval saint, the cobbler Ravidas, who sang in the simple terms of his own trade of the spiritual glory hidden in all mankind:
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You may be sensitive inside, but what I see on the outside is a soldier.
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Also she had the power of silent sympathy. That sounds rather dull, I know, but it's not so dull as it sounds. It just means that a person is able to know that you are unhappy, and to love you extra on that account, without bothering you by telling you all the time how sorry she is for you.
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People tell me I'm very ambitious right now. But I just have a lot of stories in my head, and why can't I do them all?
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I began reluctantly to steal from the present to pay off debts I knew I'd incur in the future.
