Claire Messud Quotes
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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.
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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.
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I always wanted to do a bit of Bollywood and a bit of Hollywood.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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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.
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Singing, writing songs, is kind of my biggest fear, but it's the thing I feel I need to conquer.
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Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
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Every time you go to the doctor and get a good report, the odds keep staking more in your favour.
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Like all readers, I want my limits to be drawn by my own sensibilities, not by my melanin count.
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I played didgeridoo from a young age - on the vacuum cleaner, initially.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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A recipe is a story that ends with a good meal.
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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.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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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?
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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.
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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!
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Each time I told them I didn't kill my wife.
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Sports are my favorite. It's the first thing I turn to every day.
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I have always been convinced that if a woman once made up her mind to marry a man nothing but instant flight could save him.
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But when I first fell in love with the piano, I knew it was me. I was dying to play.
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It's hard for people to realize now, but my gosh, when I was in school, you could not name a group that was less cool than Kiss. Going in to school with a Kiss T-shirt, you were asking for ridicule. In '77, they were one of the biggest bands in the world, but by '80, there was a severe backlash.
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Democracy is difficult and demanding. So is history. It can crack your voice; it can stir your soul; it can break your heart.
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The people who don't read - who are they? How do they make sense of things?
