Claire Messud Quotes
It's still unacceptable for women to have negative emotions, especially anger, and I was trying to write against that.
Quotes to Explore
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I loved getting to Chagrin Falls, being by the falls; what a cute place it is.
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I want to stop transforming and just start being.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.
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I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner.
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The work on ants has profoundly affected the way I think about humans.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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Brooklyn's good. Brooklyn's funky. Brooklyn's happening.
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You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!
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When you expect things to happen - strangely enough - they do happen.
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I have seen Colonial churches since I was very small, Colonial painting and polychrome sculpture. And that was all I saw. There was not a single modern painting in any museum, not a Picasso, not a Braque, not a Chagall. The museums had Colombian painters from the eighteenth century and, of course, I saw Pre-Columbian art. That was my exposure.
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I never thought I would write a memoir at age 40... but I did have this unique place in history.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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Rather than fretting about IQ scores, voters should try to determine what candidates read - other than the Bible, which they all say they read - and the kind of people with whom they spend their time.
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The sci-fi movies I grew up with, the metaphor was very rich, and they used to really mean something: David Cronenberg's films, or John Carpenter's films, or the Phil Kaufman and Don Segel versions of 'Invasion Of The Body Snatchers,' or George Romero's early zombie films.
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The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity or a great art.
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I never had planned for my life and my career.
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I'm for anything that lets people come here to work legally. There are more protections for workers who are here legally than for those who are not. It's also safer for the workers and employers have a more consistent pool of workers.
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I love to create clothing for the everyday woman. I get joy out of that because it's something that we need in this industry.
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On the sets, Ali Zafar was extremely entertaining... he would just start singing out of the blue. It was just great!
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Who expects to be able to go out of a house except by the door? How is it then that no one follows this Way of ours?
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I've sort of been an anthropologist of modern America, in a non-academic way. Whether it's Marines or Tupperware salesladies, high end audiophiles or bike couriers, I'm fascinated by the hallmarks of the American tribe.
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You are in physical existence to learn and understand that your energy, translated into feelings, thoughts and emotions, causes
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It's still unacceptable for women to have negative emotions, especially anger, and I was trying to write against that.
