Marguerite Duras Quotes

Paradoxically, the freedom of Paris is associated with a persistent belief that nothing ever changes. Paris, they say, is the city that changes least. After an absence of twenty or thirty years, one still recognizes it.

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• The American tradition of Washington and Hamilton and Madison and Lincoln and TR and Pat Buchanan is of economic nationalism - making America an independent, self-sufficient, sovereign forever country that's able to stand on its own feet.

  

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• The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.

  

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• That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.

  

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• I try to do my best.

  

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• Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.

  

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• The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.

  

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• The goal wasn't to create a billion-dollar company. The goal was to create something useful where I could learn things.

  

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• Some people call it the 'Al Jazeera spirit' - courage, re-thinking authority, giving a voice to the voiceless. We have never been favored by the authority. The human being is the center of our editorial policy. We are not a TV station that rushes after stars, big names, press conferences, hand-shake journalism.

  

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• Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.

  

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• My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.

  

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• There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

  

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• When I was immobilized by fear, I might have a panic attack. I've had a couple of panic attacks in my life.

  

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• Islam is fixed, stable, ordered and disciplined, and so are Muslims.

  

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• I actually was the captain of the football team. I went to Catalina Foothills High School, and I played football all four years. I started on Varsity my sophomore year, and senior year I was captain.

  

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• I like the sudden shock of non-sequitur color. Color, in fact, is my weakness.

  

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• The more you work with anyone, the more comfortable and safe you feel. The more you have an understanding.

  

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• Mediaeval mythology, rich and gorgeous, is a compound like Corinthian brass, into which many pure ores have been fused, or it is a full turbid river drawn from numerous feeders, which had their sources in remote climes.

  

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• I'm quite good at taking in information so I voraciously inhale Wikipedia - which may have some things wrong in it, but I think is generally more information than we had before. Last tour we didn't have Wikipedia. And then Discovery Channel and History Channel. I can take it in and retain what I think are the most important facts.

  

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• I am not helpless. Any timid minister will not go forward... I have come here to strive hard for the sake of the country, to work for the country. If anybody thinks that decision making process in the oil sector will be prevented, they are totally wrong.

  

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• Japanese people today think of money, just money: Where is our national spirit today? The Jieitai must be the soul of Japan. … The nation has no spiritual foundation. That is why you don’t agree with me. You will just be American mercenaries. There you are in your tiny world. You do nothing for Japan. … I salute the Emperor. Long live the emperor!

  

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• I think you accidentally learn things in high school that turn out to be life lessons when you are able to step back a bit and study them in more depth.

  

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• Paradoxically, the freedom of Paris is associated with a persistent belief that nothing ever changes. Paris, they say, is the city that changes least. After an absence of twenty or thirty years, one still recognizes it.

  

  Marguerite Duras
  • Freedom
  • City
  • Paris