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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Some of these sketches were done at the very beginning of the Pirates project, when I was trying to find a direction for myself. That was the early sixties... maybe 61 or 62.
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I like to be fascinated by the people I photograph. Sometimes I don't admire them but I'm interested in them.
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I play a character in the WWE and everybody hates my character. I'm the evil villain bad guy. Whenever people meet me, they're like, 'Wow, you're such a nice guy. We never expected that.'
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Quite often, people who build big businesses don't believe anyone else can run them, and you end up with an old rascal in their 70s and no one to take them on. I could name several - and I won't - who put themselves in that invidious position.
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For me, the watershed was Hurricane Katrina. If that didn't get people out on the streets, then what will?
