Claude Simon Quotes
There is no such thing as a 'real' representation of 'reality.' Except, perhaps, in algebraic formulae.
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Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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I want to act, if I can, as a bridge for people who read 'Shock Doctrine' or 'No Logo'. People who are sitting out for whatever reasons.
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There is always space for improvement, no matter how long you've been in the business.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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World music is about taking things from different places and bringing them together - which is great.
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I hate to tell you this, but there's an entire subset of people out there who think of me as quite a dull actor. And that's the word used, and often – dull.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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To put it simply and a bit crudely: Our economy is demanding more well-educated workers than our schools are providing. To attract this scarce resource, communities have to offer more than just jobs.
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I don't make resolutions, because resolutions seem so ephemeral and transient to go away.
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I love the feeling that you get when you can really laugh with a man and be natural and not always think that there's a sexual element going on. For me, flirting with a man means making fun of myself and trying to open myself and be very unpretentious.
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In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl.
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I stand on my public record as a defender of the human rights of Muslims, notably my work for Moazzam Begg and other British Muslims detained without trial in Guantanamo Bay.
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God has just given me such an amazing journey and able to play; it's been so much fun. I'm having a blast!
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In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I've remained an Indian.
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We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn't a matter of political correctness. It's a matter of understanding what makes us strong. The world respects us not just for our arsenal; it respects us for our diversity and our openness and the way we respect every faith.
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Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.
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I may have a slightly paranoid nature, a fear of losing control of my life.
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Most of my childhood revolved around wondering when we would be blown up by the Russians. I couldn't stand the news, I knew that if the missile were launched, mortality would arrive in half an hour, so I spent a lot of my childhood feeling that I was 30 minutes from being dead.
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Music is something you feel, but nothing you ever touch. I wanted to affect all the senses so you can hear music and then you can touch clothes and they make you feel beautiful or they can make you feel aggressive.
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Today, what most people live in, or with, is the less-than-nuclear family. Working fathers are absent from home during most of the day, the children are schooled outside it, and practically all women who work for money must go outside to earn their living.
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Look at Gwyneth Paltrow and my favourite, Kate Winslet. No one ever says, 'Oh, she's making a comeback.' To my mind, I just went on maternity leave and reported back to work.
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There is no such thing as a 'real' representation of 'reality.' Except, perhaps, in algebraic formulae.
