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.
Harland Williams -
Golf was never a religion to me.
Dan Jenkins -
I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.
Caitlyn Jenner -
I still consider myself a working-class girl and would send my kids to public school.
Samantha Fox -
I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.
Barry Bostwick -
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.
Salman Rushdie
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Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.
H. L. Hunt -
Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have.
Dan Stevens -
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.
Cameron Russell -
I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
Warren Buffett -
After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
Yakov Smirnoff
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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.
Patrick deWitt -
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.
E. O. Wilson -
Though there is such a rich tradition of culture and arts, I have never been invited to perform at a concert in South India.
Zubin Mehta -
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.
Dallas Willard -
A guitar can be so human, so sorrowful, so angry, and I wanted to figure out how to achieve that vibe without having to actually use guitars, because 'Badlands' is a very futuristic record - and making it that in an era of futuristic music is a really hard thing to do!
Halsey -
But I have fun with the fright, work with it. You have to - that's your timing, that beat of excitement. And when I go on stage, it's just like taking a step into heaven. Poof, you know? Poof - and there I am.
Eddie Bracken
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We are the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last to be able to do anything about it.
Barack Obama -
The world is crawling with authors touring now. They're like performance artists.
Kazuo Ishiguro -
I'm very lucky, I've got two very loving parents, still very much together, and always been very supportive.
Kit Harington -
When I go to Rome, I fast on Saturday, but in Milan I do not. Do you also follow the custom of whatever church you attend, if you do not want to give or receive scandal.
Saint Ambrose -
I was someone who believed that every day should be different from the last.
Claire Messud