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 think that the leaf of a tree, the meanest insect on which we trample, are in themselves arguments more conclusive than any which can be adduced that some vast intellect animates Infinity.
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I'm from the gulf coast of Louisiana.
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There are only 24 hours in a day, and my top priority is working on my films, but I love short film experiments.
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At my age, all my friends, doctors, and attorneys are dead. The good thing about this is that there's no one left who can refute my stories.
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Everyone is a threat, and anyone can be beat at any given moment. No one is invincible.
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What I had to do was keep the story within certain limits of what was, of course, plausible.
