Andre Aciman Quotes

'Almost' is all about gradations and nuance and about suggestion and shades. Not quite a red wine, but not crimson, not purple either, or maroon; come to think of it, 'almost' Bordeaux.

Andre Aciman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I could be the Greta Garbo of comedy, very secluded, but Garbo had a man who was beyond rich to support her.

Joan Rivers

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I pretty much just focus on making the records - unless I'm self-releasing them; then I do my own thing. But at some point, you have to stop worrying about chains of distribution, or it takes out of your time to write.

John Darnielle

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In one way or another, President Obama's critics will dog him all the way to Oslo for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, and even his admirers will continue to have doubts about his accomplishments if not his promise.

Tom Brokaw

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The election of Obama will say as much about the American people as it does about Obama himself - that our Declaration of Independence means what it says in its opening lines, that being the world's greatest nation means that we offer the world's greatest opportunities.

Rod Lurie

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I've watched 'The Daily Show' forever. So being a part of it is surreal.

Michelle Wolf

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To say directing was a long-stewing ambition doesn't cover it. If you cut me open, you'd see it.

Michael Keaton

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Go big or go home. You can either stand for what you believe or fall for what you don't. Above all, make a choice for tolerance and love.

Joy Villa

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I graduated from my Master of Fine Arts program for writing for children and young adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Of course, for a master's program, you have to do a ton of reading. I would get up, usually around 5:30, to do my reading; otherwise, I would fall behind.

Lisa Papademetriou

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There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.

Arthur Helps

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Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man.

William Inge

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A majority of Americans think Obamacare will make health care in our country worse, and they're right.

Phil Gingrey

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Topshop is the best. I don't know how I'd live without it. Most of my clothes are from there.

Poppy Delevingne

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