Andre Aciman Quotes

Authors use 'almost' to avoid stating an outright fact, as though there were something inauthentic, dishonest, unfinished, undecided or even unwholesome - some might say repulsive, tacky, snub-nosed, too direct - in qualifying anything as definitely a this or a that.

Andre Aciman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SayAnythingSomethingAlmostAvoid

'Doctor Who' began as family television: a show that kids and their parents and grandparents can all watch, maybe even together, on the sofa.

Jill Lepore

FamilyTogetherParentsDoctorSofa

Kinkade's paintings are worthless schmaltz, and the lamestream media that love him are wrong. However, I'd love to see a museum mount a small show of Kinkade's work. I would like the art world and the wider world to argue about him in public, out in the open.

Jerry Saltz

WorkLoveArtWorldSmallMedia

People say you favor assassination, what do you think war is? Except that it's assassination on a much larger scale, a much more horrific scale.

John Bolton

WarPeopleThinkYouSayMore

In my culture, there's a tradition that when you're in an overwhelming situation and you don't know what to do, you put yourself in a woman's shoes.

Ang Lee

ShoesCultureWomanYourselfYou

Every time another review comes out I let out a deep breath.

Michael Chabon

TimeDeepReviewBreathOutEvery

Most Americans may not realize that the news they consume is driven in part by the media mantra, 'if it bleeds, it leads.'

John Prendergast

MediaNewsRealizeMantraMayMost

I always try to show there's a way for the kids that feel like they're lowlives. In anything you want, you can be the greatest at it, even without school, if you want. Know your route.

Tory Lanez

SchoolFeelYouKnowWantWay

I try to be authentically who I am.

Rob Lowe

I AmTryWhoAm

It's hard not to be in favor of taking down monsters.

Michael Ledeen

DownHardMonstersFavorTaking

Girls were scared of me because I can be loud. Barbara, my wife of 51 years, is very low-key. She was my picture agent's secretary.

Don Rickles

WifeMePictureI CanSheScared

As governor, it is my highest priority to protect Arizona citizens.

Doug Ducey

ProtectArizonaCitizensHighest

By my third year of Law and Order, I was climbing the walls. But you don't leave a hit show, especially when you have a five-year contract.

Chris Noth

WallsLawYearYouLeaveContract

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