Andreï Makine Quotes
In war the most testing moments are those of peace , for a dead man lying in the grass makes the living see the world as it would be, but for their folly.
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Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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Had I been injured on the freeway and not in combat, it is likely that I would be bankrupt even though I had medical insurance through my civilian employer.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.
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Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.
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I remember when the palm trees were short and Tomorrowland was modern.
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Career-driven millennials are strategic about working obsessively while they are single and earning enough money to afford advanced education. Most are patient enough to wait until 30 or later to develop their dream.
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If you give a party, you better give it right.
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I really don't spend time thinking about the past. I think about the future. I'm not stopping.
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Frankly, I thought we would have lost the House by now.
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I believe in a passion for inclusion.
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Having wires strewn across your couch and across the floor is a big deal to a lot of people.
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All I do is track a profane route to something (I hope) profound. Like swimming a river of shit for a kiss.
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I have a 10,000-year-old brain and the boogers of a 7-year-old. That's how I describe myself.' (Piers Morgan Tonight)
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I'm very fortunate. I loved school and, when I went there, race, gangs and violence were not issues. There was a feeling, gone now, that you had to be presentable. If you hadn't combed your hair, older black ladies - complete strangers - would come up to you in the street and pull out a comb and straighten your tie.
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So many things have to come together to get a creatively successful and financially successful film. Sometimes you'll have a movie that you're very proud of, and you think it transcended all of your expectations, but it doesn't come out at the right time. I have done movies that have never been released. That can be depressing.
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We have all the good policies, all right visions, but the problem is implementation. When we come out of national conference, we want those leaders we have chosen to be those who can implement policies.
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I was in a bluegrass band. I made two records with a band called the SteelDrivers. They were nominated for two Grammys. I then I was in a rock band called the Junction Brothers; we made kind of '70s hard rock music.
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The Impressionists had to fight the gallery system for many years before becoming accepted. One of their methods of fighting was to band together and hold their own shows.
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Don't give up. It's just the weight of the world.
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There are certain people you're allowed to pick apart and certain people you're not.
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I always give three pieces of advice to all the teenage girls when I do my talks: long country walks - it's important to get some fresh air in your lungs, and be in contact with your body; masturbation - it takes the edge off, it'll get you through; and the revolution - believing in changing the world.
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In war the most testing moments are those of peace , for a dead man lying in the grass makes the living see the world as it would be, but for their folly.
