Claire Messud Quotes

Henry James and Edith Wharton are huge for me because they gave me a way to understand America while still respecting the European backgrounds of my relatives.

Claire Messud

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We were unusually brought up; there was no gender differentiation. I was never thought of as any less than my brother.

Maya Lin

BrotherThoughtGenderNeverUpAny

I wanted young people to know that I was just a typical child.

John Lewis

ChildPeopleKnowYoungYoung People

Mandy Sutter's 'Bush Meat' triumphs in its lean prose and true dialogue, in its disarming humour, in its evocation of a family divided by sexism and racism in 1960s Nigeria.

Rory MacLean

FamilyRacismTrueMeatHumourLean

I suppose I've got a reputation for playing quite extreme characters and making them quite believable.

Michael Sheen

ReputationPlayingGotExtremeQuite

It was easy to get the offers for the good-looking vapid dude. I guess that's my power alley.

Jason Lewis

PowerEasyGood-LookingGetAlley

Happiness means nothing to me. I just want to have meaning and purpose.

Jon Krakauer

HappinessPurposeMeMeaningWant

I wrestled 23 straight years all over the world.

Bret Hart

WorldOverYearsStraight

I wasn't the first choice for the role of Danny Tanner. Betty White was. Not true, but there was another actor whom they had shot the pilot with.

Bob Saget

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Is it 'left' to insist that presidents and CIA directors adhere to the law? I don't think so. I think it's American.

Anthony Lewis

LawThinkAmericanLeftCIAI Think

I didn't know anything about martial arts. I'm a big fan, but I never practiced martial arts.

Wong Kar-wai

KnowNeverAnythingBigArtsFan

Insurance companies want to make sure that you stay on your medicine.

Rick Smolan

MedicineInsuranceYouWantStay

Maybe the Dalai Lama is the only person who is totally honest, and even with him, he's skillful not to hurt anybody. He's skillful.

Richard Gere

HurtPersonHimHonestOnlyEven

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