Claire Messud Quotes
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The world is too violent right now.
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What I'm trying to do is save and rescue the country if I can, and I'm doing my best to do it.
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
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Arab leaders worry more about making money from the profits they get from oil and gas that they turn the other way when Lebanon is being destroyed right next to them. Their neighbours are being murdered, but they only make calculations for their own benefit.
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More than anything for me, making music is about taking nothing and making something.
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Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?
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You know, I've sold a lot of bad movies in my time.
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I warm up with my mom and make sure I understand what the songs are about and make sure I'm using the right technique. To be honest with you, I really don't practice a lot... Usually, I say a prayer and ask the Lord to sing with me and help me and stand on the stage with me.
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Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
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The day I leave Paris is the day I go down a level or quit football.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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I knew on the day that I accepted my job at CNN that a ratings victory at 8 P.M. was going to be a formidable challenge. As I have been told over and over, this is the toughest time slot in cable news.
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Writing is a very intimate thing, especially when you write lyrics and sing them in front of someone for the first time. It's like a really embarrassing situation. To me, singing is almost like crying, and you have to really know someone before you can start crying in front of them.
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With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.
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Your life goes on, and then your life goes on plus 'Star Wars.' It's just been an incredible time.
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My mother is Italian and my dad's Irish. In my family, we're expressive. Nobody holds back.
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Take the time today to understand your contribution to any bad event you've just been through.
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It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it.
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I'm interested in fashion; I buy fairly good pieces, and I think as I've gotten older, I've pared down a lot.
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The people decide who's No. 1, the best in boxing.
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If there's anybody who is recognized as the one guy who has stymied Alaskan development, it's Bill Clinton.
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The '80s really were - talk about no rules. People just did whatever they wanted; they could look however they wanted. There was just a lot of bigness and brightness.
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I like the idea of letting the music do its own work and the stories being more expressionful - if that's a word - in people's imagination. I've just got a thing about people and songs telling you how you should feel.
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We are all unappealing. It is just a matter of how much we let people see it.
