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.Andre Aciman
Quotes to Explore
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I come from an immigrant family, but I know no other nationality apart from British.
Maajid Nawaz -
A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
Nadia Boulanger -
The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.
Fabiola Gianotti -
The earth laughs in flowers.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
No, but I'm really lucky, because I'm not the superhero.
Fisher Stevens -
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.
Carli Lloyd
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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
Wendell Willkie -
We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
Saint Augustine -
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.'
Patrick Whitesell -
I've been writing stories since I was a kid. I love writing stories.
Randa Abdel-Fattah -
The song 'Innocent' is a song that I wrote about something that really, really emotionally impacted me.
Taylor Swift -
True Yankees fans know an up-and-coming player when they see one.
J. B. Smoove
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The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
Edith Sitwell -
My father was never around, and my mother used to worry that the kids won't grow up to be connected to him.
Ram Kapoor -
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.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
People don't know how good cauliflower is, because they always have this image of cauliflower cheese - awful, sticky, creamy and rich.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
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.
A. S. Byatt -
He'll call that trickle-down. I call it Niagara Falls.
Jack Kemp
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Generally, my life is absolute chaos, but when I'm writing songs, it's very thought out and regimented.
Jamie Hince -
We remain united with the British, and our allies around the world, in our resolve to defeat terrorism and bring those who commit these acts to justice.
Doc Hastings -
I love nineties stuff like Alice in Chains and Nine Inch Nails. It'd be my dream to have a Radiohead-themed episode of 'Glee.' I also love jazz greats like Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Herbie Hancock.
Mark Salling -
You will attract to yourself people who harmonize with your own philosophy of life, whether you wish it or not.
Napoleon Hill -
What the power structure is afraid of is that we're going to learn to recognize the truth when we hear it.
Daniel Keys Moran -
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.
Andre Aciman