Claire Messud Quotes
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We don't have to have the same truths or personal belief systems to love one another and get along.
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Usually it is uses of words, not words in themselves, that are properly called vague.
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There are a lot of good men's magazines. In England, you have 'Arena Homme+' and 'Another Man;' and in France we have 'L'Officiel Hommes.' But all are looking similar.
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When I was living in Mexico and writing a book called 'Aztec,' I had to make a deliberate effort to ignore a lot of the 'typically Mexican landscape' around me - banana and citrus groves, roses and carnations, burros and toros - because they did not exist in Mexico in the 15th century, the time of my book.
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Human faces shouldn't get lost amid the statistics.
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The Melvins are grunge.
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It is true that when you're in the White House alone, it is a lonely place. Big and lonely.
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I didn't know box office was a thing you could possess but I don't have it. I go up for lovely roles and people with this nebulous thing called box office get them so there isn't much I can do about that unless you know where I can get some box-office myself!
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I like 'Star Wars.' I mean, I don't go to the conventions and dress up like Obi-Wan Kenobi or anything, but I like watching the movies.
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I never wanted to be a statistic. I never wanted to be that cat who tried and never made it.
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The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters.
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I think probably honesty is the biggest quality I look for in a relationship. Being exactly who you are with the other person.
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I am much more interested in the process than results.
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Here, we have female directors and producers; in fact, one whole channel is run by a woman. Pakistani TV is progressive, and hence, characters that are shown are of today as well.
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My mom was onstage when she was pregnant with me.
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Well I think they broke the mould when they made me and being humble is one of my great assets.
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I reveled in the most basic rules and techniques that are the foundation of professional cooking. For example, it is essential to use a sharp knife: the sharper the knife, the more fluid and precise your work and the less likely you are to get hurt. Dull knives are a danger - they slip far more often.
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What's popular in places considered ghettos - whether that's the inner city or Appalachia - is having a decent quality of life.
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Gratitude is a fool's word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man.
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It's not about pop culture, and it's not about fooling people, and it's not about convincing people that they want something they don't. We figure out what we want. And I think we're pretty good at having the right discipline to think through whether a lot of other people are going to want it, too. That's what we get paid to do.
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I do think taking the 20s to take the most chances you can is important, because you're not going to hurt anyone else during that time. And if you do have a partner, you need a couple years to rehearse that relationship.
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Now I have to motivate myself much more than I had previously.
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The pilgrimage to Swaraj is a painful climb.
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Carmiel Banasky, a writer like no other, is a talent to watch.
