Arthur Golden Quotes
What I had to do was keep the story within certain limits of what was, of course, plausible.
Quotes to Explore
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Koran says whoever believes in God in the last day shall be saved. It is a religion whose very name, Islam, comes from the word Shalom, which means peace. It's about establishing peace. We greet each other with peace be upon you, which the Jews do in greeting each other.
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With a poetry book I can send 100 copies out to reviewers and other people, and even do it in advance and get their response. It's difficult with iPad: how do you send it out for free, and how do you even disseminate it before it goes into their store?
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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
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Sometimes it's so weird just to do an interview. This morning I was back in my parents' house, with my brother, and we went for a jog together, then had breakfast as a family. And a couple of hours later I'm wearing high heels and a dress and makeup, and talking about my job.
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People make mistakes. They say stupid things.
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Dying in the sanitary environment of a hospital is a relatively new concept. In the late 19th century, dying at a hospital was reserved for people who had nothing and no one. Given the choice, a person wanted to die at home in their bed, surrounded by friends and family.
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When you're as chaotic as I am, you need a very firm structure in your life.
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As long as there have been elections, there have been attempts to keep eligible people from voting.
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I eat super clean and am always watching what I eat.
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I clean my face twice a day with cold water and don't go to sleep with make-up on.
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I'm intrigued by people who are super adept at manipulating their own image. We all do it to a certain extent.
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Many of the best films made about war have come out after the wars have ended. People need a period of time to reflect on them.
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I find it to be easier to write from a man's point of view.
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There's gonna be people that don't like you, regardless. But I take on the mentality of, 'Look, I'm gonna do whatever I want to do. If people don't like, they don't like it.'
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We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.
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What you lose in blindness is the space around you, the place where you are, and without that you might not exist. You could be nowhere at all.
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All three of the great waves of nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century European immigrants to America innovated.
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I prefer drama; I think character-driven drama is my favorite kind of stuff to go watch, and I like being challenged by that kind of stuff in that way.
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My favorite sounds are the high, spacey ones that are very ambient.
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Being in New York City is the best because I'm always walking, taking the subway and walking up and down the stairs - whether you like it or not, you're going to get exercise.
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Acting is something different to everybody. I just know that if you watch an actor or actress getting better and better, I think that's them just understanding themselves better and better.
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There are a lot of myths about my injuries. They say I have broken every bone in my body. Not true. But I have broken 35 bones. I had surgery 14 times to pin and plate. I shattered my pelvis. I forget all of the things that have broke.
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What I had to do was keep the story within certain limits of what was, of course, plausible.
