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Andre Aciman Quotes

I like to read the paper online. And I love email. And I love nothing better than to be interrupted.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Love Better Nothing Email Paper

I learned long ago on the battlefields of Vietnam that in a crisis, there is no substitute for clear-eyed leadership.

Leadership Long Crisis Vietnam

In October, a maple tree before your window lights up your room like a great lamp. Even on cloudy days, its presence helps to dispel the gloom.

Great Tree Window Lights Cloudy Up

I still have a problem with nuns. I follow them around like a kitten with a ball of yarn. After a while, all my characters become very close friends.

Friends Problem Become Follow Kitten

We just stuck to what we did best. Maybe that's why people plug into us and go 'They never change.' We're reliable. A bit like old shoes.

Change Shoes Best People Go Why

That godfather of the modern action blockbuster, 'The Godfather,' is entirely character driven, propelled by the transformation of a crime lord's youngest son, who breaks bad when he evolves from white-sheep war hero to blood-soaked inheritor of his father's empire.

Father Son Character Hero War Bad

One day's delay is another day's lack of progress.

Day Progress Delay Lack Another

Growing up in Connecticut, all the Colonial houses looked alike. In Los Angeles, the diversity is so extreme, it's baffling.

Diversity Growing Up Growing Up

Winters are so long in northern Michigan - nearly nine months of gray skies and deep snow - that summer comes as a fresh burst.

Snow Deep Long Summer Gray Skies

Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.

William Wilberforce

God Prayer Place Secret Against

That is a secondary teacher conception - the writer as an observer.

Teacher Writer Observer Secondary

You can wish as hard as you like but all that really matters is the shape you're in on the day of the race. I've always felt these really big races aren't necessarily won by whoever is the fastest. They're won by the athlete who is the smartest and in the best shape on the day.

Paula Radcliffe

Best Day Wish You Athlete Race

Your woods, irons and wedges are built with specific lengths and lie angles, which demand that you stand to the ball a little differently for each one. The secret is to know which elements of your address position remain constant, and which ones you have to tweak to match the club in your hand.

Lie Woods Stand You Know Hand

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