Andre Aciman Quotes
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Science fiction has these obsessions with certain sciences - large scale engineering, neuroscience.
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From inside where I live, I feel like I just perceive events in a certain rational way. I often find it sad or poignant, and it may not make me laugh a bit. But I don't mind inventing a portrait that allows others to laugh if that's what they want to do.
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I've never cared for the idea of a career path, or where a film might 'take me.' My love is for acting not money, so I only take on roles that I find challenging, in stories I find interesting.
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I've always wanted to do a period piece.
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Primarily I'm a meat man, although once in a while I toy with a few vegetables.
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Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.
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I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
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I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.
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One of the strange things about violent and authoritarian regimes is they don't like the glare of negative publicity.
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The Queen's wedding dress in 1947, there was some embroidery on the train which was definitely there to illustrate new dawn/post-war optimism, that sort of thing.
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Both of my parents were super music lovers when I was growing up - they had a massive record and tape collection. I think my dad even had a couple of laser discs, but that was a short-lived thing.
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The only rule is don't be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in.
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I started writing regularly for 'The Atlantic' roughly around the time that Barack Obama got inaugurated.
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The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to know that which is true.
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I was in the streets at eight, nine years old.
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It's hard not to love everything Prada does.
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Im very nurturing.
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I've been trying to get cast as a lesbian for years.
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My mum is, like, my biggest fan, and she's the one who will basically do all the publicity for me back home... She'll constantly be talking to me saying, 'Dan, what's going on? We've heard this. Tell us about it! Dad wants to know!' And so I'll give them as much information as I can, and Mom and Dad are both my biggest fans.
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Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie.
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Every football player knows when his time is up.
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The advantage of being able to identify sin is that you can go out and do it, and enjoy it.
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I always wanted my work to speak for itself, and have opportunities to do interesting work and not just puff pieces.
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Rituals are magical.
