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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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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Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.
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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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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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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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I don't worry about whether I'm making a masterpiece, because I know that if you get just one of those in a lifetime, you should get down on your knees and say 'Thank you!'
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I remember devouring the entire Hardy Boys series over one summer, enthralled by their bravery and cleverness.
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Kip Keino, Moses Tanui, Paul Tergat, they all come from my tribe. Some say it is the food we eat that makes us strong, the way we live. In the history of our people we wear no clothes and we are used to drinking the blood of animals.
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Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.
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I was the most tired 11-year-old in the world.
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When I'm on set, I'm on set, and I focus and get the work done. Then when I'm done, I kind of have this button that I switch. I'm constantly switching this button and putting on different masks, and that kind of keeps me organized.
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I react like everyone else, even like those I most despise; but I make up for it by deploring every action I commit, good or bad.
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Nothing would have shocked Proust more than to hear that his work was perceived as difficult or inaccessibly rarefied.
