Raymond Queneau Quotes
To have one's own story told by a third party who doesn't know that the character in question is himself the hero of the story being told, that's a technical refinement.

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Comfort and luxury are usually the chief requirements of life for your ego - its top priorities tend to be accumulations, achievements, and the approval of others.
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I want to continue to be me and share with people.
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My dad is a comedian, entertainer, you know. He always likes to make people laugh. With me, it just depends on what mood I'm in. You get what you get.
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I know I'm good enough. I don't need to show it to you. Either you know who I am, or you don't.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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I'm a warrior for the middle class.
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Because of the structure of the contemporary American party system, every president is polarizing.
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You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.
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It's all about sound. It's that simple.
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For the gay establishment, the death of right and wrong began when gaining civil rights ceased to be enough.
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I don't know anyone who likes the American League games better. Maybe some fans do. But if you're not an actual DH, you probably prefer the National League.
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Sometimes you have to step away from what you love in order to learn how to love it again.
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Many years ago... many, many years ago, I brought up a boy, and I said to him, 'Son, if you ever become a writer, try to write a good part for your old man sometime.' Well, by cracky, that's what he did!
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I'm a creative person, so I have to stay busy.
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'The Da Vinci Code' is the most popular book of our times.
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My views line up with Mick Mulvaney's views pretty much exactly.
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I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.
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The design process usually starts as a fantasy, with ideas that I dream of and visualize. These ideas become a reality by bringing various ingredients together, from the lifestyle of my bride, her age and sex appeal, to the textures of the finest fabrics and embroideries that we produce in my family factories in India.
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Running is the one part of my life in which I fundamentally feel like the observer instead of the observed.
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I want to build a Big Labor party. A party of big ideas. A party which is deeply connected to the community. A party which reflects our diverse nation.
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I'd like people to be educated on the voting machines, making sure that our democracy isn't being hijacked by computer technology. There's no reason there can't be a paper trail on those machines.
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If Rushdie turned up at my doorstep looking for help, I might ring somebody who might do more damage to him than he would like. I'd try to phone the Ayatollah Khomeini and tell him exactly where this man is.
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Man is apt to be more moved by the art of his own period, not because it is more perfect, but because it is organically related to him.
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To have one's own story told by a third party who doesn't know that the character in question is himself the hero of the story being told, that's a technical refinement.