Andre Aciman Quotes

Egypt wants to be young again. Israel must show it never grew old. Egypt wants to wake up and dream again. Israel must learn to dream though it cannot sleep.

Andre Aciman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SleepWake UpLearnDreamYoungOld

I think my ancestors had to be enormously strong emotionally and very courageous.

Jim Murphy

StrongThinkAncestorsCourageous

In a weird way, that's the beauty of being an actor. You get to live out things that you're afraid of, and you get to say, 'Well, maybe I can get to the end of it and survive it intact and I can be the hero of my own story.' It's kind of a way of exorcising fear.

Jodie Foster

BeautyFearLiveHeroSurviveStory

When I interviewed John McCain in 2000 about whether he had taken medication for his anger, I remember thinking, 'Let's see how this is going to work.'

John Dickerson

WorkAngerThinkingRememberSeeHe

Any time you are put in the same category as Jane Fonda, a real legend, it feels surreal, perhaps even undeserved.

Megan Ellison

TimeLegendYouRealSameEven

Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from the back of a tanker in Somerset.

Roald Dahl

HeartBackSellingCountryNobody

Calls for the simplification of abstract or allusive art have always come from governments suspicious of artists themselves. This is why totalitarian regimes have always legislated some form of realism.

Russell Smith

ArtWhyAlwaysAbstractArtists

I don't have a 'Born to Run' in me.

Brian Fallon

MeBornRun

Developmental scientists like me explore the basic science of learning by designing controlled experiments.

Alison Gopnik

LearningScienceMeExploreBasic

I love all kinds of bread. Whenever I crave junk food, I want salty things like peanuts or potato chips.

Tyra Banks

LoveFoodBreadWantJunk FoodJunk

The preparatory education of candidates for knighthood was long and arduous.

Thomas Bulfinch

EducationLongCandidatesArduous

Maybe it's egocentric or whatever, but when I'm playing Beethoven, Bach, Hendrix, or whoever it is, in the end, it just feels like my own music and I'm making it up as I'm going along.

Nigel Kennedy

MusicEndMy OwnWhateverUpOwn

I think maybe one day I'll go back to music. I don't know. I don't know if sometimes you lose a passion or you don't lose it, it becomes more personal and less about sharing it with everyone.

Moon Bloodgood

MusicPassionDayThinkYouLose

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