Andre Aciman Quotes
My family were finally kicked out of Egypt in 1965 for being Jewish. We managed to remain longer than most.
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My advice to anybody, including myself, is if you're going through a bad period, and you just can't see the world's on your shoulders and no day is a good day, you're missing the whole point of the experience. And that's something dogs know from the moment they come bounding up to you as a puppy.
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I don't think my mother and father ever had any doubts about what I was to be punished for or not. My parents come from a very strictly defined culture.
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As for the device we now call a TV or a cable box, I want it to be fast with a clean interface and seamlessly upgradeable to the latest software. I want it to be the primary source of all TV, not an ancillary device.
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Gossip, even when it avoids the sexual, bears around it a faint flavor of the erotic.
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I have, like, two and a half years of failed jokes that I know I wouldn't repeat, but I certainly have no comprehension of what definitely works. And the only gauge that I can go by is, 'This makes me laugh,' and is joyful... I like to, if possible, do things that people can enjoy and it doesn't take anybody down.
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I didn't know Jack Kennedy that well, but Bobby was a hero to me.
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If your access to health care involves your leaving work and driving somewhere and parking and waiting for a long time, that's not going to promote healthiness.
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I love fast food, but you have to try to eat healthy.
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Incidentally, our railroad facilities are under video surveillance by the federal police. However, the federal and state governments will have to determine whether video surveillance shouldn't be significantly expanded to a certain degree.
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When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.
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We must fight as a race for everything that makes for a better country and a better world. We are dreaming idiots and trusting fools to do anything less.
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Of course the United States and Russia have different interests. Nevertheless, both are strategic partners.
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I have turned down so many endorsements. My phone never stops ringing.
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Prestige is the shadow of money and power.
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Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.
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Refugees are the human dimensions of a failed state.
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I love being on stage or in front of the camera. My work brings me a lot of joy. It helps me figure out who I am. I'm really lucky that I get to make a living at acting.
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Being Somali, being Muslim, it's always something I've been very proud of.
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That's the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.
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I am a person who has many dreams. But as soon as I accomplish one, I move on to the next. That's my fatal, absurd nature.
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Everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for new writers and new ideas.
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I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences are serious.
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Success leaves clues, Proximity is power. Love your family, CHOOSE your peers.
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My family were finally kicked out of Egypt in 1965 for being Jewish. We managed to remain longer than most.
