Andre Dubus III Quotes
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There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
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My songs are a mix of my own weird raised-by-wolves perspective and civilization.
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Free speech is not a bogus issue. It is an issue.
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We must think differently, look at things in a different way. Peace requires a world of new concepts, new definitions.
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I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
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When it comes to college education, American families are paying more and getting less.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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Radio is a really strange business now, too. There's a very narrow door and a very few people control what gets played.
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My lips are big, but my talent is bigger.
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You cannot say we are a healthy, dynamic democracy when one party wins almost two-thirds of the vote.
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We should have an inclusive growth model in India. Agro-interest is also as important as industrial interest.
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Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present.
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I always wanted to be a leading man!
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There must be a thread in everything I choose to take on, and I can't say it's a calculated thread, but I think you end up doing the work that's resonating with you.
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Listen, I'm not a rich kid. I'm a cultured kid; I'm very rich in culture.
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Acting to me is real life - I don't act.
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The best way to turn a woman's head is to tell her she has a beautiful profile.
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I did two movies that were arthouse movies; they were critically successful but made no money at all... but after making those movies, I thought, 'I wouldn't watch my own movies when I was 16, and my buddies where I came from wouldn't watch my movies, because they were boring.'
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It is a frequent vice of radical polemic to assert, and even to believe, that once you have found the lowest motive for an antagonist, you have identified the correct one. - 'Reactionary Prophet', The Atlantic, April 2004
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I'd be a liar if I said I had a normal family.
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I hear the way people talk about the children of famous people. They're not treated very well. The presumptions are usually quite awful. So I tried to establish myself with a couple of movies. After 'Juno' I thought: 'I think I've defined myself enough as my own director that I'd love to work with my father.'
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I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag, and to the Savior, for whose Kingdom it stands, one Savior, crucified, risen, and coming again, with life and liberty for all who believe.
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I've never liked Welles as an actor, because he's not really an actor. In Hollywood you have two categories, you talk about actors and personalities. Welles was an enormous personality, but when he plays Othello, everything goes down the drain, you see, that's when he's croaks. In my eyes he's an infinitely overrated filmmaker.
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Somewhere, sometime I'd stopped expecting my father to father.
