Claire Messud Quotes
Because we moved so much, I was always having to adapt and work out the lay of the land. So I felt envious of those who did not have to try.
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The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity.
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The world is always in movement.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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I see myself as a story teller.
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I personally think Beyonce's a strong feminist. What she's done in music and for women is unprecedented. I love her. She definitely makes me feel like more of a woman.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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When I was a kid, I didn't know how I got into acting.
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I always wanted to be normal. I tried really hard, but it's like I try so hard and then people still say I'm offbeat. I've learnt to accept that and take advantage of it as an actor.
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I've been a big astrophysics nut since I was 12. I have always had a real soft spot for the bizarreness of quantum mechanics. But I gave up on being a scientist in high school - I'm just not that good at math.
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He's really sort of the devil. He's completely emotionally detached. He has no empathy. You find that in psychopaths. It's about power with Voldemort. It's an aphrodisiac for him. Power makes him feel alive.
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By nature, I'm an optimistic person. No one believes it, but I am.
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Accept it or not, every star, actor, and director wants to work on larger-than-life films.
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home where all ethnic groups live in harmony and fostered an excellent culture that never fades.
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You learn different things through fiction. Historians are always making a plot about how certain things came to happen. Whereas a novelist looks at tiny little things and builds up a sort of map, like a painting, so that you see the shapes of things.
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In some families, parents don't read or don't have the money to spend on books.
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Your future takes precedence over your past. Focus on your future, rather than on the past.
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Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.
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Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?
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The American Dream is still alive out there, and hard work will get you there. You don't necessarily need to have an Ivy League education or to have millions of dollars startup money. It can be done with an idea, hard work and determination.
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If we don't acknowledge and accept where we are failing, then we'll never do the work that it takes to make it right for US.
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Because we moved so much, I was always having to adapt and work out the lay of the land. So I felt envious of those who did not have to try.
