Andreï Makine Quotes
The translator of prose is the slave of the author, and the translator of poetry is his rival.
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I always start a play by calling the characters A, B, and C.
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When my dad, Tommy Tucker Kelly, was about six, he started out with his dad on 'The Black and White Minstrel' Shows.
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I always loved the bad girls in the movies. I loved Bette Davis; I loved Katherine Hepburn. I loved Ava Gardner.
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If you can't find dry shampoo, baby powder is great.
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There's Catholic guilt about things, then there's the guilt of being the youngest of 10, so when nice things happen to you, you're not really allowed to enjoy them.
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When you're on TV, you come into people's homes. In theater and film, they go to you - to the temple of the cinema or theater. And it's very different.
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The discovery that the universe has no purpose need not prevent a human being from having one.
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An intellectual mind that is unconnected to the heart is an uncultivated mind.
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What should a good children’s book be like? If you ask me, I can tell you after thinking long and hard: It must be good.
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I never feel more at home than at a ballgame.
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Cancer is always funny.
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Cut the "im" out of impossible, leading that dynamic word standing out free and clear-possible.
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A true apology is more than just aknowledgment of a mistake. It is recognition that something you have said or done has damaged a relationship and that you care enough about the relationship to want it repaired and restored.
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Become a possibilitarian.
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To be an effective leader, you have to have a manipulative streak - you have to figure out the people working for you and give each tasks that will take advantage of his strength.
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The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.
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My dream of society is a society where women are free and proud of their bodies.
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The translator of prose is the slave of the author, and the translator of poetry is his rival.
