Claire Messud Quotes
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If you have not been a villain at a certain point in time, you will never be a hero. And the day you are a hero, you may become a villain the next day.
Carlos Ghosn
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I like to see myself as a bridge builder, that is me building bridges between people, between races, between cultures, between politics, trying to find common ground.
T. D. Jakes
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There are too many books I haven't read, too many places I haven't seen, too many memories I haven't kept long enough.
Irwin Shaw
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Fear is the major cargo that American writers must stow away when the writing life calls them into carefully chosen ranks.
Pat Conroy
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Country music tells stories, and I've always loved to tell stories.
R. Kelly
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
Mahatma Gandhi
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
Iman
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
Paavo Nurmi
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It is my hope that I will be able to work with legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle and Gov. Hickenlooper to find a solution to fix our ailing pension system.
Walker Stapleton
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I have a company called Earl Campbell Foods. I got into the meat business in 1991.
Earl Campbell
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The first time I worked with colors was by making these mosaics of Pantone swatches. They end up being very large pictures, and I photographed with a very large camera - an 8x10 camera. So you can see the surface of every single swatch - like in this picture of Chuck Close. And you have to walk very far to be able to see it.
Vik Muniz
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I don't understand people who dream in black and white. I just don't get it. My dreams have always been vivid color.
Gary Ross
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No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
Barbara Ehrenreich
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All the best parts of art come from pain turned to celebration.
Natalia Kills
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If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.
Edith Wharton
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I've had a few ditty hits.
Carlene Carter
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The men and women who occupied the east coast of North America between 1607 and 1800 have been more closely scrutinized than any other collection of people in American history.
Edmund Morgan
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I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
Gautam Gambhir
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My secret skill, if it even counts as one, is saying really crass things that sometimes end up as dialogue coming from other character's mouths. My inner salty sailor is alive and well - the only problem is most of the writers on our show are just as inappropriate, so at the end of the day, it's hard to tell who came up with the line.
Lela Loren
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I listen to music because that's such a huge part of my process; not to sound super pretentious, but that's a big part of what helps me get in character.
Kerris Dorsey
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I was a newspaper editor in high school, and I truly thought of journalism as a career. I loved it.
Ed Asner
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Next time you're at a wishing well. Doesn't happen often. Next time you're at a wishing well ask to see the manager! Tell him you've been coming there for 10 years and none of your wishes have come true. Either you gimme my money back-or I'm shittin' in the well!
George Carlin
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You can't make a character do something they wouldn't do.
Claire Messud