Claire Messud Quotes
The relevant question isn't, 'Is this a potential friend for me?' but, 'Is this character alive?'
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There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
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A reality that is electronic... Once everybody's got a computer terminal in their home, to satisfy all their needs, all the domestic needs, there'll be a dismantling of the present broadcasting structure, which is far too limited and limiting.
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I'm not a gun person by any stretch of the imagination, and it's not something I feel comfortable participating in.
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We all understand it's a privilege just to be playing in this league.
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I grew up in Synagogue in the boys' choir. We didn't listen to music in the house; only at temple. Then I went to a mostly African American high school on the South Side of Chicago and joined a gospel choir.
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'Muslim' is not a political party. 'Muslim' is not a single culture. Muslims go to war with each other. There are more Muslims in India, Russia and China than in most Muslim-majority nations. 'Muslim' is not a homogenous entity.
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We suffered a terrible blow on 11 September 2001. We responded with fear and anger. A fight-or-flight response is adaptive in any species. For us, given our power, fight was the only response we could imagine.
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My parents worked in the art world. They were really supportive of my music in that they allowed me to drop out of school and move out of our home, which not many parents would do.
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The only model to follow is pure Islam.
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People want you to fail.
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I was actually a Cowboys fan.
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I have to be careful what I eat before going onstage, to avoid an upset stomach.
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I started out with almost entirely black fans except for a little handful of people in the horror writers' community, and those people really liked horror, you know. They will go to any lengths and read whomever they can find because they like that feeling of being scared.
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I don't have a problem with my image; it's other people who do.
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I never go wild with nails.
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I've been doing a bit of screenwriting and producing, and even a bit of directing.
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If you can find a frock you look nice in and can run up three flights of stairs, you're not fat.
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I have a condition called Aspergers Syndrome, which is like a mild form of autism It means I don't interact properly in certain social situations.
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For me the most important thing has always been tennis, and that's what I want to get across the image I want to portray is a hard-working tennis player.
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TV isn't a wide medium when it comes to boldness on the small screen because of the audience. It reaches out to the audience but keeping the traditions intact.
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I shouldn't make fun of the blacks: President Obama is a personal friend of mine. He was over to the house yesterday, but the mop broke.
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It's far easier to brush off death if the death in question seems impossible or improbable as a personal threat.
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The relevant question isn't, 'Is this a potential friend for me?' but, 'Is this character alive?'
