Claire Messud Quotes
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It constitutes a superhuman effort to lead any people in times of crisis. Without them, the changes would be impossible.
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I've always liked working really hard and then doing nothing in particular. So, consequently, I didn't overexpose myself; I guess I maintained a kind of mystery. I wasn't ambitious.
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The colonel replied that he didn't care how my men had got the job done. He was happy that it had been accomplished. He said that, obviously, no matter how much or how little I knew technically, I was able to get the best out of people I worked with.
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All the things that happen to people in the industry today, the actors, what they have to put up with, all the people wanting to know every single moment of their lives - I think it's really sad.
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In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis.
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I think there are so many ways to become interested in music. I believe signs of sustained interest gives a sense of the right time. Music, if thought of as a language, would perhaps indicate that as early as possible is not so bad. I do believe that a really nurturing first teacher that makes the child love something is crucial.
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Press conferences aren't the best thing to do, but it's part of the job.
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In 2009, I served as AARP's Ambassador of Caregiving. With a producer and cameraman, I traveled the country for months, interviewing hundreds of caregivers.
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Mr. President, it may surprise my colleagues, but I am no fan of federal disaster programs for agriculture. They are difficult to pass and often a disaster to implement.
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Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question.
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I guess I'm a bit of a tomboy and can be quite resourceful.
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I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.
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We here in Egypt are fed up with U.S. colonialism.
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One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it rather than at the things that it buys.
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When you're imagining peace, you can't kill anyone. That's good isn't it?
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There's room for role models who make mistakes.
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Doing nothing while the middle class is hurting. That's not leadership. Loose regulations and lax enforcement. That's not leadership. That's abandoning our middle class.
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New York felt to me like what America should be - a representation of the world in this small pocket.
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Once I feel I'm right, I have enjoyed provoking.
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I don't have that many family and friends.
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I think women are usually a little bit nervous about wearing white denim.
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Writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. Much of the time life is a sort of rhythmic progression of three characters. If one tells oneself that life is like that, one feels it less arbitrary.
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Because they are children and for no other reason they have dignity and worth simply because they are.
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Women aren't supposed to want stuff. They're not supposed to have high emotions.
