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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It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.
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I didn't know Jack Kennedy that well, but Bobby was a hero to me.
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I think that for a child to be in a household... with a situation where the parents are not married, as in being one man and one woman, is not the best household for a child.
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You have to struggle to stay alive and be of use as long as you can.
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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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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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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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I want to see Black Lives Matter be able to ultimately reduce law enforcement funding.
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The best contraceptive in the world is a good education.
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'The Waltons' was profoundly important after years of wandering around. I was 44 and cut off from family and friends. It nurtured me back to a sense of family and who I am. It was a transforming experience.
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I always very much enjoyed arts and it was so central in my family, my mother was also an art teacher, as well as founding the Henson Company with my dad, there was a lot of art going on in our household.
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Enterprise search is becoming an indispensable tool to businesses of all sizes, helping people to find, use and share critical business information quickly.
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My family were finally kicked out of Egypt in 1965 for being Jewish. We managed to remain longer than most.
