Claire Messud Quotes
The fictional narratives that television, film, and the news provide for girls and young women are appalling.
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I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!
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I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.
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Normally, when congee is served, the different condiments and garnishes are placed in little bowls on the side so diners can make their own personal creations.
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The only way to learn a language properly, in fact, is to marry a man of that nationality. You get what they call in Europe a 'sleeping dictionary.' Of course, I have only been married five times, and I speak seven languages. I'm still trying to remember where I picked up the other two.
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We were only allowed to watch Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers and 3-2-1 Contact!
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We should have completed the fight in Afghanistan instead of starting a new war in Iraq.
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The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.
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I think there's a difference when you make fun of yourself and your own behavior, and when you dishonor or disrespect Christ. If you're making a mockery of Christ is one thing. But if you're just joking about human foibles and weaknesses, I think that's perfectly acceptable.
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The Federal Reserve is incapable of accomplishing its stated objectives.
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My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.
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I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to be able to play Hamlet properly.
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It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards.
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He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is spinsterhood.
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I think money helps us. It helps us. It's our - it's our exchange system. But it does not buy you happiness. It doesn't buy you health.
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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble.
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I think the NAACP isn't recognized enough for all of the work it does, especially in the field of law. They may have faded from view over the last couple of decades, but they are fighting the good fight.
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I used to be a professional kiteboarder. People were like, 'Oh, my God, are you scared of sharks? Are you scared of injuries?' You can't be scared. If you're scared, then you can't do it. You can't train to be the best.
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Even when I jog, I need a place to get to.
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We're very lucky people, doing something that we really love to do. I feel privileged to have been an actor all my life.
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If you want to see me again, don't bring signs saying 'Trudeau is a pig' and don't bring signs that he hustles women, because I won't talk to you. I didn't get into politics to be insulted. And don't throw wheat at me either. If you don't stop that, I'll kick you right in the ass.
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I don't allow the stress of the unknown to affect my health, and I listen to my body when it sends me distress signals.
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'The truth is that the public has done one of those startling and amazing things that they do about once in a hundred years. They’ve seized an idea.''What is it?''That however the brains and abilities of men may differ, their stomachs are essentially the same.'
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The fictional narratives that television, film, and the news provide for girls and young women are appalling.
