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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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.
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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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Think Indonesia and tourism, and the first thing that comes to mind is probably Bali. Think golf holiday, and most people would dream of Scotland or Ireland. But Indonesia harbors one of the best-kept secrets in the world of travel: it is a golfer's paradise.
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I don't like to play above or below people's heads. Basically, I just like to get up in front of a crowd and rip it up.
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Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
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Even perfect program verification can only establish that a program meets its specification. … Much of the essence of building a program is in fact the debugging of the specification.
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There's no such thing as an absolute openness. Openness is relative, I think, in all societies.
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The people who don't read - who are they? How do they make sense of things?
