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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It's funny how it usually works out that I end up dying. It sort of works out, because by the time I die, I'm usually tired of working on that particular movie, so I look forward to it.
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I don't want to come off as one of those artists that's not down to earth and real.
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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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It took me a long time to get selected as an astronaut. In fact, I applied for 20 years before I was selected.
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Well we really meant you to visit Paris in May, but the rhythm required two syllables.
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My mother's incredible diaries, which she'd written from when she was 21, and even before that. She fell in love with my father when she was 12.
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I remember my father playing a cassette for me when I was fifteen - Amjad Ali's 'Durga.' He said, 'This is from our part of the world. You must listen to it.' And I continued rewinding it and listening to it from early evening until midnight. By the end of it, I was nearly in tears.
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If your heart is in love, you can do anything.
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Somewhere, sometime I'd stopped expecting my father to father.
