Claire Messud Quotes
You lose something in not being rooted, but you gain something by seeing the world differently. It's both a loss and a gift.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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People love teen movies because everyone can relate.
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I crave attention and adventure.
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I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
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The more that I looked at DNA, the more I realized it was nature and nurture. It's how genes and your environment work together to produce the person you are.
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My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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If you get lazy when you're onstage, it shows.
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I'm evangelical.
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I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know I'm making an investment that pays guaranteed dividends with a high rate of return.
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Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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Even though I'm very Westernized as an individual and very Canadian, I guess I've lost some of my Chinese culture.
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I like hard rock, and classic rock, and even metal.
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I just feel like growing up in Los Angeles, you learn, 'Well you're never gonna be the prettiest girl in the room, so just don't even try.' I mean, I care about being pretty, but it's not my most valued thing.
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My protest about the post exchange seating bore some results. More seats were allocated for blacks, but there were still separate sections for blacks and for whites. At least I had made my men realize that something could be accomplished by speaking out, and I hoped they would be less resigned to unjust conditions.
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One of my early childhood memories was my grandmother always having a bowl of Nestle chocolate bars at her house. My sister and I would argue over who could eat the chocolate bars. Looking back, I don't know why we just didn't share. We could have split them.
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God has no resolve; no karma attaches itself to Him.
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My architecture is the architecture of survival.
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I don’t think I’ve ever done a great job and there are no parts I’ve played that I can point to as great. I’m not a fan of myself.
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If you can't respect me, you have to respect the law.
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I think that's why I love music so much; I think if I didn't have music, I would be in a bad position.
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The motorcycle is a device created by the team of God and Darwin to rid the world of useless young males.
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You lose something in not being rooted, but you gain something by seeing the world differently. It's both a loss and a gift.
