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 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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I was born in Nashville, Tenn., but I have lived in a number of places. In 1937, I moved to Baltimore, Md., where I attended junior high and high school. I lived there for five years before leaving for college.
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Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?
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[On growing up in a large family with little money:] ... to take a bath ... we just had a pan of water and we'd wash down as far as possible, and we'd wash up as far as possible. Then, when somebody'd clear the room, we'd wash possible.
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Well, actually, plucking my eyebrows is more of a hobby than a grooming tip.
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Making music is like being the president: You can't tell people you're going to make health care free to get them behind you, but when you get that role, you don't do it.
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An outward observance without any real inward meaning is only a ceremony.
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The fictional narratives that television, film, and the news provide for girls and young women are appalling.
