Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes
The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting.
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Our number one priority is to spend every peso possible to include those who are currently excluded.
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When the Taiwan Relations Act passed in 1979, our biggest concern was preventing the use of military force against Taiwan. Little did we know that our friends on Taiwan could so effectively use the space created by our friendship to revolutionize their political system.
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Obviously, I never want to make the same record twice. I want to keep moving forward. That's the real challenge, I think.
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Lyrically, I personally lean towards venting.
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Well, you know, I was through the whole of the Second World War and saw all my friends killed.
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I went swimming the other day and my wife was watching and she said, 'You know, it's funny, it's when you've got no clothes on, no one recognizes you.' I said, 'What are you saying? That I should do more love scenes?'
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I know that many authors say editors don't edit anymore, but that's not been true in my experience.
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My normal life is like being on holiday.
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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
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I always read the translator's draft all the way through - a very laborious business.
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For Gore 2000, I was a formal campaign adviser: contrary to RNC mythology, my brief was not 'wardrobe,' but rather policy on women's issues, and messaging. I was also married to a Clinton speechwriter, and observed the message decision-making process from the perspective of a spouse.
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Well, I certainly did not think that I could do worse.
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It's very hard to transgress; we have the furniture of transgression without the imagery and iconography to actually do it.
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The distinction between reality and fiction in America seems like it is becoming really blurry. With its religious fanaticism, reality TV programs and fake news broadcasts being aired by the government, the States feel like they are entering the Dark Ages.
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When I was a kid, we got in a cipher and battled each other lyrically. We told jokes and made the hottest dance moves.
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I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more dreadful, somewhere much more exciting. Somewhere I feel I belong, possibly more than in the so-called real world.
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Gujarat is the fourth state in the world where we have a separate climate-change department.
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It's difficult to believe that Al Gore was oblivious to the existing laws. He has to respond at some point.
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When we write about Auschwitz, we must know that Auschwitz, in a certain sense at least, suspended literature. One can only write a black novel about Auschwitz or - you should excuse the expression - a cheap serial, which begins in Auschwitz and is still not over.
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If you've enjoyed 'Battlestar Galactica', you should love my stuff.
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I'd actually like to make a country album one day. One of my idols is Neil Young, because he's kept himself from being bored.
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The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting.
