Andre Aciman Quotes

What great writers have done to cities is not to tell us what happens in them, but to remember what they think happened or, indeed, might have happened. And so Dickens reinvented London, Joyce, Dublin, and so on.

Andre Aciman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 2, 1951

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I grew up always wanting to be a dancer, and when I went to New York, I fell in love with the idea of performing in all ways. I saw myself traveling with a company or making my own work and being a little weird. I wasn't thinking about the business side of anything; I just knew that I loved dancing.

Jillian Hervey

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I inhaled books. I loved Classics Illustrated comic books. These were books that I could afford to buy after I turned in pop bottles for change. 'The Prince and the Pauper,' 'Robinson Crusoe,' 'A Journey to the Center of the Earth.' Male narratives filled with adventure and self-discovery.

Jewell Parker Rhodes

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I was a teen star. That's disgusting enough.

John Cusack

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Political leaders are not and cannot reasonably be expected to be indifferent to the cruelest calumnies aimed at their character.

John McCain

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We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great father, to be a good husband, to be a good lover, you know, to try to do things the best you can is very important to me.

Matthew Modine

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Books were my window on the world. Growing up at the Elephant and Castle, which was very rough, my paradise was the library.

Michael Caine

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Science and fun cannot be separated.

Roger Penrose

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I've seen a lot of athletic juggernauts throughout high school, college, even the NFL who can't play the game.

Rob Gronkowski

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For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to elect but to be elected.

Michelle Bachelet

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I watch a lot of U.S. comedy, shows such as 'Eastbound & Down' and 'Veep.' I love Julia Louis-Dreyfus and her character in that show.

Julia Davis

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Shaming is powerful and useful. I'm living in New York, and my instinct is that, after the Black Lives Matter protests, which were organized on social media, the chance of there being another Eric Garner, choked to death in New York by an NYPD officer, has diminished.

Jon Ronson

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The only thing I can do is fight. Win or lose, I'm here every damn time.

Donald Cerrone

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