Patrick Modiano Quotes
When I was younger, I just put off the writing until later in the day, but now I write early every morning to get it done. I can only write for a few hours at a time; after that, my attention fades.
Quotes to Explore
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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Properties have different characteristics, like companies, and the market throws up more opportunities because it is inefficient.
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If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances.
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I got to say 'Hi' to Dolly Parton, which my mom thought was kind of cool.
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I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.
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I feel like Nashville has watched me grow up in front of them, which is cool, but it kind of sucks at the same time because you get pigeonholed, like, 'Oh, she's the girl with the long hair that wears fairy dresses.' That was me at one point because I was new and I was young. But we all grow up.
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My life in science has been rich and rewarding. I have sacrificed very little.
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I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs. They all find their place in the world, but they all start off in the same place. I'm always painting and drawing as well, and it's an ongoing creative assignment.
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Success is the sweetest revenge.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed. The laws under which they operate require it - their shareholders would revolt at anything less.
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I would love to have a varied career, like Hugh Jackman. He started in musical theater, then established himself in film, but he still does a lot of stage work. And he does it all beautifully.
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I think that for some time now I have been living with an anxiety which has had no tangible cause. It has been like having a toothache, without the conscientious dentist having been able to find anything wrong with the tooth or with the person as a whole.
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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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I've never worked with huge pop acts, I mightn't like it, but it's something I've always wanted to try.
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Anyone who thus looks up has some chance of becoming worthy to be looked up to in turn.
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Personally, I like films that make me a little bit uncomfortable because I think you're uncomfortable when something is real.
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I have been measured on my merit and on my accomplishments.
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The mistakes you make now count. Not for everything, and not forever. But they do matter, and they shape you.
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All modern MIDI synthesizers are capable of polyphony, which means they can play more than one note at a time and more than one instrument at a time.
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The seventies were my fattest decade. Overall I think the seventies were distinctly bulbous. People looked chunky, typefaces were rounded, writing implements penile.
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When I was younger, I just put off the writing until later in the day, but now I write early every morning to get it done. I can only write for a few hours at a time; after that, my attention fades.
