Andre Dubus III Quotes
I truly believe the art's larger than the artist. Who cares about John Steinbeck? I care about the Joad family.
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Architects create spaces that accommodate human activity. As opposed to many of its contemporary counterparts, Dune'is not so much focused on the styling of that activity, as on the supporting of it.
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A good stand-up, you lead the audience. You don't kowtow to the audience. Sometimes the audience is wrong. I always think the audience is wrong.
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.
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I know I look super young.
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Teach For America would not be able to continue recruiting and developing an ever-more diverse and impactful group of corps members and alumni if the nation's leading colleges become even less diverse.
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Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the world.
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You ask any person in the U.S. and they know who Mary Lou Retton is.
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I think, as far as branching out with acting, it would take something really right on the mark to distract me from music, because music is everything to me.
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I had a stalker break into my house a couple times. They didn't leave any fingerprints or take anything - I was being followed.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I love what I do, so it's not tiring. If I worked at a computer or drove a truck, I'd be dead in a week.
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I think of a piece of music as something that comes alive when it is being performed, and I feel that my role in the transmission of music is to be its best advocate at that moment.
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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At first, Uniqlo was a casual chain on the back streets of Hiroshima. Then... we became a national brand in Japan. So, the next step is to become a global brand.
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I have very eclectic tastes.
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Wherever the bishop appears, there let the people be, even as wheresoever Christ Jesus is, there is the catholic church.
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We must differentiate between guilt and duty. The soldier on the front, like the common man, who does his duty everywhere, should not be held responsible for the actions of a few who also called themselves Germans.
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I find it hugely exciting to be dealing with another writer's language.
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That's what a family is: a whole bunch of people coming together.
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It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them.
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My gay audience has been with me from the beginning.
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I have priorities. Maintaining my daughter is my first.
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I truly believe the art's larger than the artist. Who cares about John Steinbeck? I care about the Joad family.
