Andrew O'Hagan Quotes
When I was very young, I thought the theatre was a place where higher beings went about their celestial business, as if they knew nothing of ordinary life and its political mysteries.
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My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband.
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Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.
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I'm never away from my boys for more than three days.
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Not one role that I've played has been written specifically for me.
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From a linguistic point of view, you can't really take much objection to the notion that a show is a show is a show.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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Art class was my thing, but not any other class.
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If I present a boring personal life to my readers, it's going to be harder for them to think of my novels as thrilling.
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Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers.
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When you look at the stars and the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece of land, but from the solar system.
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They're called 'angels' because they're in heaven until the reviews come out.
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I think the premise of somebody trying to recreate a night from their teenage years stuck with me as something potentially very tragically comic.
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The primary goal of management education was, as originally conceived, to impart knowledge that could be applied to a variety of real-world business situations.
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I try to travel as much as I can... I'm always looking for a reason to.
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The CARFA Act is about accountability in the federal government: making sure that taxpayers are getting their money's worth and not being defrauded. This is a bipartisan concept, and it is worthy of broad support across the Congress.
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We owe it to our children to equip them with all the capabilities they'll need to thrive in the limitless world beyond the classrooms.
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In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.
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Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
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Nashville was totally different than I ever dreamed. I had only seen the music business on television and been to a couple of concerts. I had no clue.
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I grew up in London, Ontario, and moved to Toronto when I was 22 or 23.
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I'd just like to say to everybody that it's best to check out the independent life: the independent stores and the independent everybodies. We should try not to give our money to any corporations, if we can help it.
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In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost.
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I also pray for favor and His anointing on my life and ministry that I might have spiritual blessing when I minister to people. They're my principal prayers; I don't have a prayer list that I go down.
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When I was very young, I thought the theatre was a place where higher beings went about their celestial business, as if they knew nothing of ordinary life and its political mysteries.
