Claire Messud Quotes
For me, the watershed was Hurricane Katrina. If that didn't get people out on the streets, then what will?
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I have learned to be patient.
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When it's those division games, that's when it gets ramped up for me.
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I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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I'm easily entertained.
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I used to never feel pressure to be creative; it's always just been a fun thing. And then suddenly, it's my job, and people are asking, 'Where's the record?'
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I keep in touch with what's real.
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Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the bodies that are moved, the lowest by the highest and the highest in their turn unto the Supreme Mover of all.
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I've grown up playing for some incredible coaches, and I don't think anybody's ever been as fortunate as I have in terms of the people I've been allowed to play under, coach under, or be involved with.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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Beyond 2050 the world population may start to decrease if women across the world will have, on average, less than 2 children. But that decrease will be slow.
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I wish I had read more and majored in literature rather than theatre. I think I would have been a better artist for it. I am trying to play catch-up now.
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I'm a very simple man. You've got to have, like, a computer nowadays to turn the TV on and off... and the nightmare continues.
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I think there's a bit of the devil in everybody. There's a bit of a priest in everybody, too, but I enjoyed playing the devil more. He was more fun.
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I think, in Spain, they are too used to reaching the limits of democracy and then stepping over them.
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I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer.
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Everything is a narrative in life. I learned that early on as a reporter at the 'Washington Post.'
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It's true I always like to mix femininity and something a bit masculine. It's the reason I love skirts with high heels and tights, and no handbag because I love having my hands in my pockets.
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It's not just in my industry... everything is so sensationalized that there's not a lot of heart and soul in a lot of things there used to be heart and soul in.
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People don't actually think there is such a thing out there as angel research.
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I am not against standardized tests. There are tests and tests and tests, and, to simplify, the ones I favor are criterion-referenced tests of skills, aligned with the curriculum. Social and emotional skills are important but skills are too. I find it heartbreaking that this is so often seen as an either-or choice. To get to the richness of studying literature, for example, you must first be an adept and confident reader. Whether you are is something a good test can measure.
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I don't think most people who listen to music are that interested in all the work that goes into making it. It's the artist you like.
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For me, the watershed was Hurricane Katrina. If that didn't get people out on the streets, then what will?
