Andre Aciman Quotes
It is Proust's implacable honesty, his reluctance to cut corners or to articulate what might have been good enough or credible enough in any other writer that make him the introspective genius he is.
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When you're a producer and an artist you're very critical of yourself. I like to produce other people, but I'm not that good at producing myself.
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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The percentage of actors employed is pretty small, and if you're lucky enough to have a good run at it, you do have a sense of responsibility.
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I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly good time at them.
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Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.
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I can sit and analyze everything and beat myself up and say you don't quite sing as good as you used to, you're writing better songs maybe than you used to, but to me it's just the journey.
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Normally when I look at stuff, I try to look at the good things. When I watch video, I try to watch the good starts so I can see how my mechanics are in those.
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You have to have been a Republican to know how good it is to be a Democrat.
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I don't read a lot of magazines, but when I'm traveling, I'll pick up a copy of 'Vanity Fair' to read on the plane - it's like a full meal! The articles are so good, especially the crime stories. Browsing the Web is more like snacking - but I live on snacks.
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We Germans should know that we're good at constructing cars, and we have a lot of good qualities. But we're not the funniest.
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For me, there are always things to learn. It's like the next movie is going to be the good one, you know.
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If we can't afford to take good care of the land that feeds us, we're in an insurmountable mess.
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I have always found myself playing the hero, but I love villains. Villains have more fun.
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American fiction is good. It would be nice if somebody read it.
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I can discern that certain things have an effect on certain other things, but I don't view those effects as good or bad. If a context and a goal is defined, I could say if it's good or bad. But overall, I don't view things as good or bad.
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The private citizen, beset by partisan appeals for the loan of his Public Opinion, will soon see, perhaps, that these appeals are not a compliment to his intelligence, but an imposition on his good nature and an insult to his sense of evidence.
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There's no good guys and bad guys.
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I usually find myself hiking in a place that not a lot of people go hiking, just trying to find some solitude. I like being out in the middle of nowhere. Not always, but it's a good place to go to just reflect and think, and it's something I really enjoy.
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If you know how to make software, then you can create big things.
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I'm not exactly in a position where I get to be super-picky about the roles I get. But I would also never want to be a part of something that I think is poor in taste or doesn't align with what I believe in.
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The most important thing is not to be dogmatic but flexible and consistent.
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I don't want people to think they have to like me because I'm on TV every other minute.
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What fascinated my imagination was the tremendous feat, which I felt I should be perfectly able to accomplish.
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It is Proust's implacable honesty, his reluctance to cut corners or to articulate what might have been good enough or credible enough in any other writer that make him the introspective genius he is.
