Claire Messud Quotes

I love my books, and with all their dog-ears and under-linings they are irreplaceable, but I sometimes wish they'd just vanish.

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• When I was 8 or 9, I started using bulletin board systems, which was the precursor to the Internet, where you'd dial into... a shared system and shared computers. I've had an email address since the late '80s, when I was 8 or 9 years old, and then I got on the Internet in '93 when it was first starting out.

  

  Aaron Patzer
  • Internet
  • Old
  • Computers

• I have worked with some great directors.

  

  Dabney Coleman
  • Great
  • Directors
  • Some

• The FHA literally drew up the redlining map and then basically distributed - I'm sorry, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation actually did it, and then distributed to banks who used that as policy to determine how they would lend and who they would lend to. The racism in the system was pervasive and total.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Up
  • Home
  • Sorry

• Being Human clothing was first launched in France, Belgium and Spain, where the brand's philosophy of look good, do good is connecting with people and not just Salman Khan.

  

  Salman Khan
  • People
  • Good
  • Philosophy

• I'm not a party guy. I don't carouse very much.

  

  Garry Shandling
  • Guy
  • Party
  • Very

• 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.

  

  Kate Thompson
  • Trying
  • American
  • Find

• How much does it really matter whether your child will soon be enjoying a first year at Harvard or Yale or will instead end up at her third or fourth or fifth choice? Probably much less than you think.

  

  Barry Schwartz
  • Up
  • Child
  • End

• Im not your biggest girly girl.

  

  Maggie Siff
  • Girl
  • Girly
  • Biggest

• I think young generation is always better than last generation. No matter you like it or don't like it. My father said, 'Jack, I'm so good, you'll never be' - but I'm better than him. My father is better than my grandfather. My children will be better than us.

  

  Jack Ma
  • Good
  • Children
  • Father

• We are all born mad. Some remain so.

  

  Samuel Beckett
  • Funny
  • Mad
  • Born

• Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.

  

  Ian Watson
  • People
  • World
  • Different

• My grandmother is this amazingly theatrical woman. She acted like a movie star, as far as looks and attitude, kind of like Susan Hayward.

  

  Parker Posey
  • She
  • Movie
  • Star

• I am not going to do a film based on a bad scenario just to make a big Hollywood film or work with Hollywood stars.

  

  Park Chan-wook
  • Work
  • Film
  • Stars

• I remember auditioning for record labels and having them tell me, 'Well, the country-radio demographic is the thirty-five-year-old female housewife. Give us a song that relates to the thirty-five-year-old female, and we'll talk.'

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Country
  • Remember
  • Song

• Despite the demands of this job, one of the things my wife and I try to do is to spend time together alone. And one of the things we really enjoy doing together is seeing a good movie.

  

  Warren Christopher
  • Time
  • Good
  • Job

• The deepest difference between religions is not that between polytheism and monotheism.

  

  Walter Kaufmann
  • Difference
  • Between
  • Deepest

• Wait for those unguarded moments. Relax the mood and, like the child dropping off to sleep, the subject often reveals his truest self.

  

  Barbara Walters
  • Moments
  • Sleep
  • Mood

• I've been privileged to meet presidents and sing at inaugurations and other political events.

  

  BeBe Winans
  • Political
  • Events
  • Meet

• A good Catholic meddles in politics, offering the best of himself, so that those who govern can govern. But what is the best that we can offer to those who govern? Prayer!

  

  Pope Francis
  • Good
  • Prayer
  • Catholic

• I consider myself a martial artist and an actor. They can work together or individually. I love to do action. I love having a good role in which I can act and fight. That's double happiness.

  

  Mark Dacascos
  • Good
  • Work
  • Together

• I'm down here in Mexico, sick as a dog.My head is poundin' in this border town fog.Down to my last dime and comin' apart at the seams.I've messed up in Mexico, livin' on refried dreams.

  

  Tim McGraw
  • Up
  • Dog
  • Sick

• Porter Square Books was the only place I could find that was dog-friendly, work-friendly, and had food. I was there all the time.

  

  Matthew Pearl
  • Time
  • Work
  • Food

• We eat all organic at home, so if we're running around and the kids want a hot dog or pretzel, I'll get it for them.

  

  Kelly Rutherford
  • Home
  • Kids
  • Running

• I love my books, and with all their dog-ears and under-linings they are irreplaceable, but I sometimes wish they'd just vanish.

  

  Claire Messud
  • Wish
  • Dog