Elif Batuman Quotes
'Gone Girl' is as much about the near impossibility of being a good husband as it is about the anguish of being a good wife.Elif Batuman
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There are a lot of people in Congress who would never have made a great career or fortune in any other profession. But after they spend a while hanging out with the rich guys, they begin to feel they've been undervalued, and that an eventual seven-figure income as a lobbyist isn't just an opportunity, it's their due.
Gail Collins -
I don't know how people recognize me.
Laura Prepon -
'Dog Days' was recorded with pens and the wall, and half a stolen drum kit that was out of tune, in what was basically a cupboard. The only instrument I could really play was my voice, so we just layered everything a hundred times. It was enthusiasm over skill.
Florence Welch Florence and the Machine -
I have been the victim of heartless malice.
Taylor Caldwell -
I can do whatever I want.
Karl Lagerfeld -
We have the 2004 M1 here for reference, which is useful. It worked well here last year; we won the race and always did fast lap times so it will be interesting to compare it to the new bike and it will help us to understand which parts have improved.
Valentino Rossi
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Life is not easy in politics.
Viktor Orban -
In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture, and things that cost money. I wanted to not swing a hammer, and make money... and not do stuff that was dirty. I attempted to get into comedy. I started to do stand-up, but I wasn't very good at it.
Adam Carolla -
When you write songs for your best friends and maybe two other people to hear, and then realize that a million other people are going to hear them, it can be a bit worrying. You get concerned about what you might reveal.
Oliver Sim The xx -
I went to boarding school, and what that teaches you is to cope emotionally at a young age and to suppress a lot of emotion. Being in the army is, in a way, similar.
Damian Lewis -
I like my feet. I have a tattoo on my foot with my last name. They're dancer feet. They're pretty. My toes are proportioned nicely. And they're strong - I can pinch people with my toes.
Caity Lotz -
If I have to be typecast, I'd like it to be as Abraham Lincoln.
Sam Waterston
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
Rainer Maria Rilke -
I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.
Viggo Mortensen -
The fame of Maria Foote's beauty and charm of manner had reached London, and in May 1814, she made her first appearance at Covent Garden Theatre and personated Amanthis in 'The Child of Nature' with such grace and effect that the manager complimented her with an immediate engagement.
Sabine Baring-Gould -
In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
Walter Becker Steely Dan -
Some people look gender non-conforming because they want to look that way - they don't want to conform to society's expectations.
Caitlyn Jenner -
I'm a firm believer that in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don't enjoy.
Jack Nicklaus
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I don't like people who don't have opinions.
David Koechner -
Whenever I don't' have to wear makeup, it's a good day.
Cameron Diaz -
I've never been the sort of person to walk into a room and have *clicks fingers* 50 women want to sleep with me, ok, and suddenly you walk across a stage and you have a video clip and you know girls want to go out with you and think you're beautiful!
Darren Hayes Savage Garden -
True wealth is not of the pocket, but of the heart and of the mind.
Kevin Gates -
Now color - it is to this remark that I wished to lead - is the flower of fine modelling. These two qualities always accompany each other, and it is these qualities which give to every masterpiece of the sculptor the radiant appearance of living flesh.
Auguste Rodin -
'Gone Girl' is as much about the near impossibility of being a good husband as it is about the anguish of being a good wife.
Elif Batuman