Claire Messud Quotes

An abiding preoccupation for me is how much of our lives are invisible and unknown by other people, like the Chekhov story 'The Lady With the Little Dog.'

Claire Messud

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DogPeopleMeStoryLadyUnknown

The darkest moments for me weren't necessarily winding up in the hospital or anything like that. It was those quiet moments alone when I just hated the person I had become.

Jodie Sweetin

AloneMeMomentsQuietPersonUp

There are two big beasts in the arts: the BBC and Sky Arts - challenging, leading the way.

Melvyn Bragg

SkyWayTwoBigArtsLeading

I have a, you know, a John Ritter-shaped hole in my heart. Nobody can replace that.

Amy Yasbeck

HeartYouNobodyKnowReplaceHole

My biggest mistake was when I started up easyEverything, a chain of Internet cafes. The idea that people would go to a shop to use a computer was revolutionary in 1999. It worked for a while, but cheap technology almost killed it. One silver lining of the problems I faced was that it gave me experience of turnarounds.

Stelios Haji-Ioannou

TechnologyExperienceMistakePeople

I don't feel awake in the morning unless I've showered.

Stella Maxwell

MorningFeelAwakeUnless

One of the great things about New York is this wonderful park we have.

Sonny Mehta

GreatNew YorkGreat ThingsNewPark

Well, I can't live without a woman. I have to have a woman, have to have a wife.

Robert Duvall

LiveWifeWomanWithoutWell

On 'Overpowered,' there was a nostalgia for disco and early house music. But I'm a modernist and futurist as well. I do believe - and this is going to sound really pretentious, I know - that humanity will figure it out, so I'm optimistic about the future.

Roisin Murphy

FutureMusicBelieveHumanityEarly

We all have to acknowledge a simple fact: Africa is growing.

Miroslav Lajcak

SimpleGrowingAfricaFact

Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts.

Luc de Clapiers

ThoughtsBrainyClarityProfound

I don't like Philly. I don't care at all about Philly.

Jason Pierre-Paul

CareLikeAboutPhilly

I'm really the candidate who has really lived his whole life in suburbia.

Bob McDonnell

LifeLivedWholeWhoCandidateHis

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