Patrick Modiano Quotes
Such photographs exist in every family. They were caught in a few seconds, the duration of the exposure, and these second have become an eternity.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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I love to sit and watch people. I love to sit and listen to people.
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I think my numbers speak for themselves.
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They think my life is glamourous. It's not true. I obviously get to come in and do radio interviews. That's the glamour. But other than that, I eat and sleep and that's it. Eat, sleep and do shows.
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I'll tell you, in my life I've never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging. Those are all conservative values - faith, family, hard work, responsibility.
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I discovered Einstein said the same thing about his celebrated theories of relativity that writers say about their work when he said he didn't have any feelings of personal possession of these ideas. Once they were out there, they came from somewhere else. And that's exactly the feeling when you write. You don't feel possessive about it.
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I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
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There's a whole element of human interaction and character interaction that I really enjoy doing.
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'Dr. Strangelove' was and is one of my favorite movies ever, and I just can't believe they actually blew up the world after that.
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No one ought to be under any illusion that Cheney privately thinks himself a failure.
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Everyone looks adorable singing with James Corden.
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We shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolivia. It took us 50 hours to get to the location. We shot in high altitudes, and oxygen cylinders were kept handy.
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It's so important for startups to get their culture right at the start. They need to feel unique and that they are on their own important mission in the world.
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You have to struggle to stay alive and be of use as long as you can.
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I don't feel I made any sacrifices at all. I'm doing my best to juggle.
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In real life, coincidences happen all the time. In novels, they are leapt upon with fury.
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I make a lot of soups, and I love stews. My mother's a big foodie. She went to culinary school in New Orleans and has an oyster-artichoke soup recipe that has no cream in it but it tastes so creamy.
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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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Paper is at the center of so many of the elements of the development of civilization.
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Difficulties come when you don't pay attention to life's whisper. Life always whispers to you first, but if you ignore the whisper, sooner or later you'll get a scream.
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It's nice to have some distance with your family. As long as you're closer to them by love.
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I think writing and singing go together, but I treat them as two separate careers because I write for others. If I'm writing for myself, I prefer to be with the producer. And then we can vibe out and throw ideas back and forth, and I'll basically let the producer play me a bunch of beats until I vibe with one.
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If your child really loves art, get them some good brushes. Get good material and make them feel that what they do is important.
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Such photographs exist in every family. They were caught in a few seconds, the duration of the exposure, and these second have become an eternity.
