Aharon Appelfeld Quotes
I am not writing in metaphors. I am writing about catastrophes.
Aharon Appelfeld
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North Korea, under its thirtysomething Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, is no country for old men. The latest casualty in Kim's ongoing purge of the senior military command was the defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, who reportedly committed the classic old man's offense of falling asleep in a meeting.
Barbara Demick
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This life and this job and this position that I'm put in, it forces you to grow up quick. I definitely got dropped in the deep end.
Flume
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
Walter Benjamin
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I've had the experience of having a book praised but then it doesn't sell. Or not praised but then it sells.
Gail Sheehy
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Millions of people are married. I've never picked up a paper and seen a headline that says, Man Gets Married!
Larry David
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The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
Utada Hikaru
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Out of all the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favorite. They're cheap and totally inefficient, and they sound like crap and are very small.
Kurt Cobain
Nirvana
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My parents, God bless 'em, were very supportive of me and my decision to pursue acting. Their dream for me and my sister was that we graduate from college. And as soon as I fulfilled that, they were extremely supportive of what I wanted to do next. I will always be grateful to them for that, because I wouldn't be where I am today without their help and encouragement.
Michael Ealy
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That's been my routine for years and years... Up early before everybody else, before I get connected, before I get bugged, before I have obligations. Get the writing done first, then be the person I want to be in other ways after that.
John Edgar Wideman
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No man, even though he be Shakespeare, can write perfectly when his web is woven of threads that have been spun in many lands.
William Butler Yeats
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To just write one song to then go and play huge festivals all around the world it's exciting and it's never really been the case.
Jade Puget
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I am not writing in metaphors. I am writing about catastrophes.
Aharon Appelfeld