Elif Batuman Quotes
If, for a moment, it seemed that September 11th could be identified with Iraq, the illusion was short-lived.
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I'm a giant Beatles fan.
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The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.
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God is everywhere.
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Unlike Milan, Italy's banking capital, or Rome, its religious center, Florence was the place where the rich went to buy goods that would showcase how wealthy they were.
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With all the auditions you do, there is a lot of rejection you have to take as well. You get used to that.
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But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be lord of heaven and earth; that is the happiness of being truly loved.
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Activism is very seductive, and writing is painful and hard. It's very scary to have a death threat living over your head. Activism is very sustaining. But I don't view myself as a political person. I'm just someone who desperately wants to stay alive.
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Shows have been sold out. It's overwhelming, you know. I had no idea what to expect with this new sound and everything and just to see so many people just come out and embrace it, it's overwhelming.
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God makes everything in perfect time, and he doesn't give you anything you can't handle.
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Kerouac was the cowboy that inspired the whole Beat Generation, and highlighted and put the spotlight on all of these minds that didn't really know what they were doing at the time, but accomplished something much bigger than what they ever foresaw.
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Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.
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I often have an argument with people. I say name me a classic song that's not sad in some kind of way. And even if you can, you'll have to search pretty far.
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People can't see that if I had not been a poet, I could never have had such success as a traveler.
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I want to entertain, but I also want to push the barriers beyond what kids are conditioned into accepting.
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I don't like cursing in movies. I feel like cursing has become the new hackiness. You try to find substitutions for cursing.
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Humans have always used our intelligence and creativity to improve our existence. After all, we invented the wheel, discovered how to make fire, invented the printing press and found a vaccine for polio.
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Phoebus is dead, ephebe. But Phoebus was A name for something that never could be named. There was a project for the sun and is.There is a project for the sun. The sun Must bear no name, gold flourisher, but be In the difficulty of what it is to be.
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One of the reasons I'm so passionate about science is that it wasn't correctly taught to me. I got excited at university.
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Penn & Teller don't know jack about global warming.
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The first time I flew after September 11, I honestly was a little paranoid. As I was going to the metal detector, I was looking at my duffel bag, and I'm like, 'Do I have anything that's like a weapon?' I was really paranoid they were gonna find something sharp, and I was gonna get in trouble.
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I've been a Nick Cave fan since the early '80s when he was part of The Birthday Party thing singing Australian self-destructive rock band and I've always followed his work and loved it.
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I am called an Islamic fundamentalist by Rushdie. My critics in Pakistan say I am a Zionist agent. I must be doing something right.
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If, for a moment, it seemed that September 11th could be identified with Iraq, the illusion was short-lived.
