Marcel Proust Quotes
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I recognize that I'm probably the luckiest novelist in recent memory, because Sherman Alexie, a writer I greatly admire, raved about my book on 'The Colbert Report,' and then Mr. Colbert himself urged his viewers to buy it - on his show and on Twitter.
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We are not going to toy with our religion or any other. Nor are we going to barter. We are here to extend our hands to build peace and harmony.
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Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
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I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.
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Denied anything ardently desired, the individual or state will argue and parley just so long - then, if the impelling motive be sufficiently great, will cast aside every rule and break down every acquired inhibition, plunging viciously after the object wished; all the more fantastically savage because of previous repression.
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Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.
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Like some high official, you have to tell your brain: 'Do it. Come on. I have to do it.'
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I really love acting, but I also really want to be a historian, so it's really confusing.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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It's very rare, as an actor, to be someplace - to have an address, so to speak.
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The mathematics of rhythm are universal. They don't belong to any particular culture.
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My mother taught me to drive using the 'Detroit Method,' where speed limits and traffic lights are taken as cute suggestions.
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I'm a Sufi Muslim, I would say. I believe in using the medium to create a good vibration because art is so important to society. Some projects I don't do because I feel that it's going to create a bad vibe. I don't do propaganda films that are anti another religion, anti-Muslim or anti-Hindu.
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One of my other nicknames was Thomas Edison, because I invented so many moves.
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The first job of a writer is to be honest.
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I like performing live more than anything. I get a little bit afraid in the studio.
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The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world.
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The idea of exploring character relations and their development over a decade has to be appealing for any actor who cherishes his craft.
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Mum doesn't like it when I mention that Dad's a better cook than her. He was born in Spain and spent eight years in Portugal and is exceptional at lots of cuisines.
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People have to take control of their own lives. Education is key because it also raises other social indicators like healthcare.
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As soon as you forbid something, you make it extraordinarily appealing. You also bring shame in as a phenomenon.
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I've been on food stamps and welfare. Anybody help me out? No. No. They gave me hope, and they gave me encouragement, and they gave me a vision. That came from my education.
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My veins are filled, once a week with a Neapolitan carpet cleaner distilled from the Adriatic and I am as bald as an egg. However I still get around and am mean to cats.
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How else learn the real, if not by inventing what might lie outside it?
