Claire Messud Quotes
Henry James and Edith Wharton are huge for me because they gave me a way to understand America while still respecting the European backgrounds of my relatives.
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I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January.
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Because the show is popular, people do recognize us on the streets.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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San Francisco, coolest place ever.
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Competition on anything is good, because it makes everybody better.
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I am a pretty level-headed person, but that person, Harry Reid, has been the most destructive entity in Washington when it comes to civility. By far.
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I never forget my old days and I never fly too high I have my feet fixed firmly on the ground!
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Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue.
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.
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My husband believes that he can make a difference. He loves people.
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If I manage to leave my bedroom and get to the gym, that makes me feel good about myself! For me, the most difficult part is getting out of bed, but once I'm out, I really enjoy playing sports.
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Before I begin talking about the threats we face, the vulnerabilities that we have, and frankly the courage of the men and women in uniform that stand in harm's way on behalf of a very grateful Nation, let me first honor the sacrifices of September 11.
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When I am not working, I am home. I love spending time at my house.
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My music is bejewelled, it's colourful, it's romantic, it shines.
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Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
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Every time a pundit or elected official is on any TV news program, it should be a polite formality to mention that GE has made such and such billions off the war in Iraq by selling arms or that Murdoch is a right-wing activist with a clear stake in who wins and who taxes his profits the least.
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An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally.
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“More speech can be the best way to reach out to individuals, changing what they think and not merely what they do.”
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I usually go make-up free when I'm not working. Because I work so much, during the free days that I have I like to let my skin breathe, but of course I'm girly so I like to put on some blush and some mascara.
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I've given no thought to moving to America at all.
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Henry James and Edith Wharton are huge for me because they gave me a way to understand America while still respecting the European backgrounds of my relatives.
