Alexander Chee Quotes
By the 1880s, English translations of both the French and the Russian editions were available, and Americans began to read 'War and Peace.'
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The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.
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I don't like possessions.
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It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
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I don't think it is just in the world of politics. The lack of civility in society as a whole, some of it, I believe, is very much fueled by social media and frankly, it's fueled by the fact that journalism is not journalism any more.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.
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If I could gain 1,000 pounds and be healthy, I would love to do that.
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The thing that's good about music-making software like the DAW-kinda systems is that they're all generally the same; the kind of interface is normally laid out in a similar way. Depending on the program, the sounds might be quite different, but they tend to all have a drum machine or synthesizer or a sampler.
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I'm not a tech guy. I'm looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people's eyes.
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It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.
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Mamata Banerjee is just a casual worker, just like a commoner.
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I love Japan, and Tokyo is my favorite city.
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One day, I'll be listening to a bunch of Ray Charles, the next day it's nothing but Red Hot Chili Peppers. The next day it might be Tupac all day.
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.
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I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.
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There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog.
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Basically, it's in your best mental interest to release your anger so you can see the world more clearly around you and seek better solutions for finding the happy, love-filled life you desire and deserve.
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I always wondered what it would be like to have a normal childhood.
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I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders.
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Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way - everything is interdependent, not absolute. So that view is very helpful to maintain a peace of mind because the main destroyer of a peaceful mind is anger.
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59: In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.
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Coming from a tiny island, it's very exciting to be at sea in Central Europe in the sense of vast stretches of land all around one. We don't get that in Ireland.
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By the 1880s, English translations of both the French and the Russian editions were available, and Americans began to read 'War and Peace.'
