Claire Messud Quotes

If you live in a family or have five roommates, there's some sort of reality check, but when you live alone, there's a lot more leeway for your fantasy life to be more and more a part of your everyday life.

Claire Messud

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My feeling, of course, is that it's ludicrous to try to prove God's existence by science. God has nothing to do with science. God has all to do with soul, and who can explain that?

Jeremy Irons

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I have been surrounded by artists and paintings throughout my life. My father Ted Dyer is an artist, and from a very early age I have spent time painting and drawing.

John Dyer

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The problem is we moved to LA... The only way to be punk rock in L.A. is to be a Republican.

Trey Parker

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Being lazy does not mean that you do not create. In fact, lying around doing nothing is an important, nay crucial, part of the creative process. It is meaningless bustle that actually gets in the way of productivity. All we are really saying is, give peace a chance.

Tom Hodgkinson

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I believe that for all of us, there was this one moment in our early life when we started being obsessed about music, somehow feeling how 'big' it is and is what it can give us. For me, this was when I got to be as a 9-year-old on stage, performing in Verdi's Otello in the children's choir.

Ruth Reinhardt

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I'm racing against me. As long as I come across the finish, I'll be okay.

Ruben Studdard

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Mostly, what I watch are reality shows and documentaries.

Chris Lilley

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Cooking is great, love is grand, but souffles fall and lovers come and go. But you can always depend on a book!

Claudia Christian

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All that matters on the chessboard is good moves.

Bobby Fischer

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The true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general welfare and happiness; the endeavour so to rule our lives that we may serve and bless mankind.

Annie Besant

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I love all girl squads. I'm all for, like, girl power and friendship, and I'm all about that.

Poppy Delevingne

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Not 100 percent of the time, but I feel like I'm good at being direct. I know what I want, and I feel like I can tell people, 'I want this; I don't want this. I want you; I don't want you. I hope for this, and this is right, and this is wrong for me.'

Tig Notaro

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