Siri Hustvedt Quotes

There is a difference between using a made-up name and using real people as pseudonyms. People are not costumes you can wear. They are flesh and blood.

Siri Hustvedt

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PeopleNameYouBloodRealWear

For male and female alike, the bodies of the other sex are messages signaling what we must do, they are glowing signifiers of our own necessities.

John Updike

SexOwnAlikeMustOurGlowing

My feet have been my best friend for the last 40 years. I've just been a dancing fool on stage, and after awhile you just kind of wear them out.

Steven Tyler

FriendBestFoolBest FriendFeet

Terrorism can go anywhere where there is not strong government, or government that cannot control its hinterlands.

Robert D. Kaplan

GovernmentControlStrongGoWhere

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.

Mary Wortley Montagu

ReadingEntertainmentCheapPleasure

Georgia is not just a European country, but one of the most ancient European countries.

Mikheil Saakashvili

CountryGeorgiaAncientJustMost

If my future were determined just by my performance on a standardized test, I wouldn't be here. I guarantee you that.

Michelle Obama

FuturePerformanceYouTestHere

The world stage is very difficult. It's not easy to be on the world stage.

Mohammed Morsi

WorldEasyDifficultStageVery

I have no enemies and no hatred. None of the police who monitored, arrested, and interrogated me, none of the prosecutors who indicted me, and none of the judges who judged me are my enemies.

Liu Xiaobo

PoliceMeJudgesHatredEnemiesWho

Prior to 'Pirates of the Caribbean' - the first one in 2003 - I had been essentially known within the confines of Hollywood as box office poison, you know what I'm saying? You know, I basically had built a career on 20 years of failures.

Johnny Depp

SayingYouCareerKnowHollywood

It was so inspiring for me to watch tennis growing up. I thought I was really good playing, until my brother told me I wasn't!

Christine Taylor

GoodBrotherMeGrowing UpThought

People in the U.S. will watch anything if it's put in front of their face over and over again. I like to see what's possible, more than anything.

Bode Miller

PeopleFaceWillPossibleMoreSee

I was certainly a kid who believed he could make a difference in the world. I was, as a young person, cooking up plans. My hero is Billie Jean King, and the thing that I find so impressive about Billie Jean is that she took something as banal as playing tennis and used it to change the world. She really did.

Peter Paige

ChangeHeroCookingChange The World

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