Claire Messud Quotes
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The next phase of the journey is to move from speculation to actual use cases - people getting into Bitcoin because they want to use it.
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I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.
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Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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There is a strong sentiment within the Tea Party that favors a stronger America on the global stage, and with that comes a strong alliance with the State of Israel.
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Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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Owing to the fact that leaders in the women's groups made a point of serving on the jury here whenever they were called, we have always had an unusually high type of women represented on the jury.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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I'll never get out of politics. I have friends in public office. I have things that I want to do. You can't go back in life. I won't go back to the existence I had before of running a political consulting firm and signing up clients and advising campaigns in exactly that way.
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Let the path be open to talent.
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After 'A Suitable Boy,' I didn't write anything, not even a short story. I thought to myself: 'I ought to start writing.' But I can never force myself to write.
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Women just love to shop.
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I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.
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For me, a child means an old-age insurance policy. I have a nurturing quality in me.
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My room is like an antique shop, full of junk, and weird stuff. There's a big sword in there. And a taxidermy bird, and a couple of birdcages. And a lot of newspaper cuttings. I used to have a weird thing about cutting out morbid headlines from newspapers, and collecting them. I was fascinated with drowning, which is kind of strange.
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You can't give up. If you set yourself a target, you've got to keep on until you achieve it. It's a matter of having pride in yourself.
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Jadis, si je me souviens bien, ma vie était un festin où s'ouvraient tous les coeurs, où tous les vins coulaient.
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It is my opinion that everything must be based on a simple idea. And it is my opinion that this idea, once we have finally discovered it, will be so compelling, so beautiful, that we will say to one another, yes, how could it have been any different.
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A critic never made or killed a book or a play. The people themselves are the final judges. It is their opinion that counts. After all, the final test is truth. But the trouble is that most writers regard truth as their most valuable possession and therefore are most economical in its use.
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The roles that men and women play are no longer the standard traditional roles of way back when but are those of two very individual people living their lives. I think it's been a hard transition in society - just take a look at the divorce rate - to figure out what that means now. How do you resolve that?
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I'm a big believer in the complex realities of young people's lives.
