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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The American Revolution was carried out in the name of the people, and it was supposedly 'We, the people,' who created the government that Americans still live under.
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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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Look, all this is about is utilizing the rules of the Senate, using a majority of the senators, to make sure that we get health reform done. We cannot wait another day.
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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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Going to Russia is going to be nothing for me. I'm going to treat it like it's the U.S. because, at the end of the day, it's one man, one ring.
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I wish I could write more make-believe. It's a lot easier to write about hard times and when things are going wrong. But I've never been a private person.
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In some cases radiation reduces the incidence of cancer.
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I'm still trying to re-create a Ray Charles concert that I heard when I was fifteen years old, and all my nerve endings were fried and transformed, and electricity shot through me.
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I've just had this idea pop in my head of trying to learn a new song every da, and try and play it that night. That's been fun for me because it's a little bit of a scary adventure, playing a song for the first time in front of people and letting it just be what it is.
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It's still unacceptable for women to have negative emotions, especially anger, and I was trying to write against that.
