Patrick Modiano Quotes
Why, one wonders, does lightning strike in one place rather than another?
Patrick Modiano
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The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.
Victor Hugo
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It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool.
Harold MacMillan
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At home, I dedicate occasional whole days to reading as if I'm a convalescent. The ideal place for this is the bath, where the body floats free. Books go a little wavy, but they're mine, so who cares.
Rachel Kushner
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I like shopping at retail places like JC Penney or Macy's, and maybe buying a top or a shirt, and then buying a skirt from Rue 21 or Forever 21 because they have the maxi skirts, which I appreciate so much, and then topping it off with something that I buy from a Somali shop.
Halima Aden
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Everything is a narrative in life. I learned that early on as a reporter at the 'Washington Post.'
Kara Swisher
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I always wanted to be a comedic actor - that's what I wanted from the job - to do comedy and to create my own comedy. But I still love doing stand-up and will probably be doing it forever. I'd love to be an old guy who can't really walk, can't really stand-up, and I have to sit on the stool and tell jokes.
Adam DeVine
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I started modeling, doing the Sears catalog kind of thing, then did a lot of commercials when I was growing up.
Charlotte Arnold
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Lady Glossip: Mr. Wooster, how would you support a wife? Bertie Wooster: Well, I suppose it depends on who's wife it was, a little gentle pressure beneath the elbow while crossing a busy street usually fits the bill.
P. G. Wodehouse
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If Lincoln's primary goal in the War was not the abolition of slavery but simply to preserve the Union, the question arises: Why did the Union need preserving? Or, more pointedly, why did the Southern states want to secede?
G. Edward Griffin
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Retired Americans living on Social Security, exempt from taxes because their income is modest, are not the problem.
Pat Buchanan
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I am better at my job for being a mother and vice versa.
Marianne Lake
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Why, one wonders, does lightning strike in one place rather than another?
Patrick Modiano
