Andre Aciman Quotes
Nothing would have shocked Proust more than to hear that his work was perceived as difficult or inaccessibly rarefied.
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We must continue building in all corners of the Land of Israel, with determination and without being confused.
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And I am a conservative. Sometimes conservatives forget we are supposed to conserve, to save, to be efficient. Plus our dependence on other sources of energy is causing our country to not be independent and to really be vulnerable. So this is a security issue.
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I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.
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I don't like going to the gym because I don't like being with people I don't know in that intense environment.
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I don't set out to win awards. I don't think any musician does, but when you receive an award, it's an affirmation: it means that people appreciate what you do. Every award I have received is a confirmation of something I have done, and that motivates me to push a little harder.
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My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.
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Dell fills its computers with crapware, collecting fees from McAfee and other vendors to pre-install 'trial' versions.
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I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.
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For me, let's keep jazz as folk music. Let's not make jazz classical music. Let's keep it as street music, as people's everyday-life music. Let's see jazz musicians continue to use the materials, the tools, the spirit of the actual time that they're living in, as what they build their lives as musicians around.
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I keep endlessly busy with all kinds of stuff, mostly horses, cattle, livestock, things like that.
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Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.
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I work with gold that holds our past and diamonds that see the future and rubies that long for love. It's just a way of telling a story.
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We do a lot of outbound work where we're talking about the future. As we get involved with these new products, it helps us have a platform to talk about where the future is going.
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Two truths are all too often overshadowed in today's political discourse: Public service is a most honorable pursuit, and so is bipartisanship.
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I went through a lot of phases and studied many religions. I am not into religion, I am spiritual.
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People don't slip. Time catches up with them.
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Fall of the Berlin wall? Being there was fun. Nations that flaked off of the Soviet Union in southeastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus? Being there was not so fun.
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I would like to have the original ending to my Lord of the Rings instead of the one they released. In my original cut I had the victory at Helm's Deep as the final sequence.
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It's hard to practice compassion when we're struggling with our authenticity or when our own worthiness is off-balance.
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The first thing you have to get used to in any kind of acting is the ability to make a fool of yourself. If you haven't learnt how to make a fool of yourself, you shouldn't be on the boards. That's absolutely what it's all about.
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I think nobody can block me. Nobody can stop me.
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Even if you can't relate to what I'm singing, I hope you can believe in it and see it as something that it is real.
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About one thing the Englishman has a particularly strict code. If a bird says Cluk bik bik bik bik and caw you may kill it, eat it or ask Fortnums to pickle it in Napoleon brandy with wild strawberries. If it says tweet it is a dear and precious friend and you'd better lay off it if you want to remain a member of Boodles.
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Nothing would have shocked Proust more than to hear that his work was perceived as difficult or inaccessibly rarefied.
