Claire Messud Quotes
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I sort of write onstage. I'll throw an idea out there, like Home Depot, and just start talking about it.
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Golf was never a religion to me.
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The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
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I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.
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I still consider myself a working-class girl and would send my kids to public school.
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I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.
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If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long.
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Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.
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Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have.
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I have no idea what advantages I truly get, but I know people talk to me and give me time of day because they like how I look.
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I do this thing with my daughter - I put my hand on her face and shake her head, but really affectionately. But I didn't think, and I did that to Flea.
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I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where.
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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
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Often the starting point for characters, for me, is finding a little, most minor detail, and I'll go from there.
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Real biologists who actually do the research will tell you that they almost never find a phenomenon, no matter how odd or irrelevant it looks when they first see it, that doesn't prove to serve a function. The outcome itself may be due to small accidents of evolution.
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Though there is such a rich tradition of culture and arts, I have never been invited to perform at a concert in South India.
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We Christians should be aware that there's something at stake in cultural participation that we wouldn't have been concerned about if all we did was worry about the messages in culture.
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It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others.
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Marriage is an institution fits in perfect harmony with the laws of nature; whereas systems of slavery and segregation were designed to brutally oppress people and thereby violated the laws of nature.
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I've always wanted to do a photo book, but I've never done one because I've never felt ready; I just didn't feel my work was good enough.
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We take art, and I love all that. But I also like science for some reason. I just like finding out why things happen.
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As a producer or financier, you are going to go where you get the best bang for your buck.
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I was someone who believed that every day should be different from the last.
