Andre Aciman Quotes
Exiles see double, feel double, are double. When exiles see one place, they're also seeing - or looking for - another behind it.
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I don't believe in the 100 crore club.
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I just don't know the art of making friends with girls. And that's the reason why I've never had a single girl as a friend. Also, I'm so engrossed in cricket that I've never found an opportunity to interact with girls very closely. In a way, it's better, as my mind doesn't get diverted!
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People say that about me, that I apparently buy houses near every boy I like - that's a thing that I apparently do. If I like you I will apparently buy up the real-estate market just to freak you out so you leave me.
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I have never had personal debt and never will.
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I made music with my friend, who we called Isabella Machine to which I was Florence Robot. When I was about an hour away from my first gig, I still didn't have a name, so I thought 'Okay, I'll be Florence Robot/Isa Machine', before realising that name was so long it'd drive me mad.
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Most of the big banks were shot through with short-termism, deceptive practices and self-dealing. We must institute basic changes in corporate governance and in management practice to restore responsibility and honesty for the sake of the economy and for the self-respect of the country.
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I am definitely a person of color.
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I actually got an initial sense of how big 'Outlander' was going to be on Twitter. We're all on there to help promote the show and also interact with the fans.
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If I was a woman, I would be dressed in the same thing for a month and just change my hat and gloves. Maybe my shoes too; yes, I see what you mean but, really, it's jewels that change an outfit.
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One thing I have been banging on about, we have a dessert deficit in the U.K. We still import a very large proportion of our desserts. I would ask everyone to go out and buy a British dessert.
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I always carry a pair of scissors around with me to cut things out of magazines.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Here are the facts we confront. No one is against conservation. No one is against alternative fuel sources.
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The thing about death is that it's honest.
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Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
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Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.
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When both parties are lying and they both know the other party's lying, it comes powerful close to being the same thing as telling the truth.
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Time is the great legalizer, even in the field of morals.
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Who thinks seriously that if we sit on another hilltop, on another hundred meters, that this is what will make the difference for the state of Israel's basic security?
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You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be. It's their mistake, not my failing.
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It took me a while to get used to moving and jumping in the sand. It takes a lot more effort in the sand.
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Exiles see double, feel double, are double. When exiles see one place, they're also seeing - or looking for - another behind it.
