Claire Messud Quotes
The people who don't read - who are they? How do they make sense of things?
Claire Messud
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
Patricia Velasquez
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I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.
Madeleine Peyroux
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On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.
Ramez Naam
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I always wanted to do a bit of Bollywood and a bit of Hollywood.
Nargis Fakhri
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
Jackie Mason
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
Rakul Preet Singh
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A recipe is a story that ends with a good meal.
Pat Conroy
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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
Ramakrishna
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
B. B. King
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Scientifically speaking, if I say something, or it gets misquoted, or people put a spin on it... I mean, are you interested, really, in what people are saying?
Tamsin Greig
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
Olympia Dukakis
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I was in Paris, Milan and London from '89 until '91, and I did mostly runway modeling. I know there's so many people out there looking for pictures, but this was way before the age of the Internet, sorry!
Carla Hall
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The essential property of insoluble bilayers is that they optimise their area at fixed surfactant number.
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
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I learned from an early age that my heritage, my love for people, and my desire to be a vehicle that can be used through my voice, that my expressions and actions can transport a person to experience a scene from the past, present and future.
Francesco Quinn
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I am a friend of life, at 80 life tells me to behave like a woman and not like an old woman.
Isabel Vargas Lizano
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The higher education system in these countries (US, Korea etc) has become like a theatre in which some people decided to stand to get a better view, promoting the others behind them to stand. Once enough people stand, everyone has to stand, which means no one is getting a better view, while everyone has become more uncomfortable.
Ha-Joon Chang
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The people who don't read - who are they? How do they make sense of things?
Claire Messud
