Claire Messud Quotes
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You know, on the road, I never miss a meal. I eat five, six, seven times a day, depending on when I wake up and when I got to sleep. I never miss a training day. I always get my four days out of my seven.
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I hate it when guys wear really tight t-shirts. It's just so horrible, especially when you can see their bellies.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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I'm not a fan of 'Gone With the Wind.' I didn't like the movie. I didn't like the book.
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Each of us becomes a new person as we re-describe the past.
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I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.
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Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
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Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
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To be fair, I don't get mad when people laugh at me when I fall down.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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I'm twitchy. I think I've got ADD. I find it hard to sit down. I need to be constantly challenged; otherwise, I get very... well, I guess 'bored' is the word.
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I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.
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Law is the essential foundation of stability and order both within societies and in international relations.
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
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I actually wanted to first direct and produce, but then I got this very cool opportunity to be in front of the camera once.
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The media doesn't create narratives, really. They're not that powerful. What they do is they tap into narratives that are already bubbling amongst their viewership or readership.
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Eventually somebody will want me, and there will be a role that is mine.
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I continue to aspire to serve Colombia as president.
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There was a great sag in employment beginning in 2000.
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He or she must be successful in economic terms, but always within an ethical framework. Whether his or her constituency is a corporation and its shareholders or the customers in a small and privately held business, his or her first responsibility is to serve that constituency.
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School has never really been about individualized learning, but about how to be socialized as a citizen and as a human being, so that we, we have important rules in school, always emphasizing the fact that one is part of a group.
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I am a person who beats around the bush when I want to speak about my own feelings.
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I had a memory span about as long as the lines in a school play.
