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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Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well.
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Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What wonder that later in life it should be inclined to raise those feet too swiftly to fools and bores.
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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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There are grave misgivings that the discussion on ecology may be designed to distract attention from the problems of war and poverty.
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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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In addition, California spends nearly $1 billion a year in Medi-Cal services for an average of 780,000 illegal immigrants a month, over and above emergency health services.
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Oh God - I look back now, and it seems so gross. At just 14 years old, I had to wear a thong bikini. And then they used that scene in the trailer, so my entire school saw it! There are still men who come up to me today and say, 'You were really hot in that film!' I was 14, for God's sake!
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As a human being, possessing education, talent, and recourses obligates you to help others less fortunate.
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My advice: Take a second out of the day today and be thankful for your family.
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A lot of people thought I was going to be a one-hit wonder, so I had that chip on my shoulder.
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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.
