Andre Aciman Quotes
Nothing would have shocked Proust more than to hear that his work was perceived as difficult or inaccessibly rarefied.Andre Aciman
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We must continue building in all corners of the Land of Israel, with determination and without being confused.
Naftali Bennett -
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.
Ed Speleers -
I don't like going to the gym because I don't like being with people I don't know in that intense environment.
Utada Hikaru -
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.
Wadada Leo Smith -
My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.
Yayoi Kusama -
Dell fills its computers with crapware, collecting fees from McAfee and other vendors to pre-install 'trial' versions.
Barton Gellman
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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.
Ice Cube -
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.
Pat Metheny -
I keep endlessly busy with all kinds of stuff, mostly horses, cattle, livestock, things like that.
Sam Shepard -
Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.
Marat Safin -
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.
Waris Ahluwalia -
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.
Parker Harris
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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.
Olympia Snowe -
I went through a lot of phases and studied many religions. I am not into religion, I am spiritual.
Ja Rule -
People don't slip. Time catches up with them.
Nat King Cole -
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.
P. J. O'Rourke -
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.
Ralph Bakshi -
The journey matters as much as the goal.
Kalpana Chawla
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Shop often, shop hard, and spend for the best stuff available - logic dictates that you can make delicious food only with delicious ingredients.
Mario Batali -
There's no such thing as talent; you just have to work hard enough.
David Mamet -
The academy gave me a grounding in discipline and hard work that has sustained me throughout my life, and the lessons I learned there I now try to impress on young people.
Georg Solti -
Inaction may be the biggest form of action.
Jerry Brown -
Nothing would have shocked Proust more than to hear that his work was perceived as difficult or inaccessibly rarefied.
Andre Aciman