Andre Aciman Quotes
I was born into a Turkish family that had acquired Italian citizenship. Many members of the family subsequently became British, French, Brazilian, and German, so there was a bit of everything. It was not uncommon for people in the family to speak seven languages: English, French, Ladino, Italian, Turkish, Arabic, and even Greek.
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I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.
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I come from an immigrant family, but I know no other nationality apart from British.
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A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
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The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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No, but I'm really lucky, because I'm not the superhero.
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I had one girl tell me last night that I'm the greatest thing ever, that she wants to aspire to be me. Just stuff like, 'You're my idol. I love you.' It's awesome. It's what it's all about.
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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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It's almost an impossible thing to get a movie made that is written by two actors who want to star in it, when no one knows who they are. The only time it happened that I know of was when Sylvester Stallone did it in 'Rocky.'
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I've been writing stories since I was a kid. I love writing stories.
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The song 'Innocent' is a song that I wrote about something that really, really emotionally impacted me.
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True Yankees fans know an up-and-coming player when they see one.
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The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
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My father was never around, and my mother used to worry that the kids won't grow up to be connected to him.
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The teaching thing, the one where I have to impart my knowledge, is probably what comes the least naturally to me because I'm an absorber of things.
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People don't know how good cauliflower is, because they always have this image of cauliflower cheese - awful, sticky, creamy and rich.
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You learn a lot about love before you ever get there. You learn at least as much about love from books as you do from watching your parents.
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Among the disciples of Jesus, it seems most likely that at least Philip was bilingual in Aramaic and Greek.
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As the years go by, you get to know yourself better and learn what works for you.
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It's sort of cheesy to introduce that to the drums - those dings and dongs and bell sounds. That's definitely one of the reasons people are like 'oh yeah, they sound like Tom Waits, with those trashcan drums.' But at the same time, it sounds so good! And it introduces this... I mean, it's not tuned, but somehow it adds this extra layer of melodic texture.
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My passion for books has changed my life.
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Toothaches afflict those who have no compassion for animals.
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I was born into a Turkish family that had acquired Italian citizenship. Many members of the family subsequently became British, French, Brazilian, and German, so there was a bit of everything. It was not uncommon for people in the family to speak seven languages: English, French, Ladino, Italian, Turkish, Arabic, and even Greek.
