Claire Messud Quotes

I remember going to a son's friend's bar mitzvah, and the text that he chose to explicate was right at the beginning of Genesis. It was not about a fall from grace or a fall from perfection; it was about an awakening into consciousness, which is what it means to be human.

Claire Messud

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As we've often said, to the world at large, Marvel looks like a giant octopus that's out to swallow the galaxy - which, by the way, we are. But we are, in fact, a rather small and intimate company.

Jeph Loeb

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There is no risk-free path for monetary policy.

Jerome Powell

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My mother was very protective of her four boys.

Maurice Saatchi

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Contemplating Christmas when you are isolated and far from home brings its own unique pain.

Amanda Lindhout

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Limited in his nature, infinite in his desire, man is a fallen god who remembers heaven.

Alphonse de Lamartine

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I think arriving at or departing from any airport in America is just horrendous these days.

Roger Moore

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I love the fact that 35 years later, I still hear my songs on the radio.

Ronnie Spector

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And there are so many people in the third world suffering so horribly right now, and we are so focused on ourselves and our culture that a lot of things are showing up in our culture that are making it impossible for us to focus on others. We're so self-focused.

Martin Sheen

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Our players know that we try to come in each week and put ourselves in the best position to have a chance to win, and sometimes that means some people playing more than others; sometimes it means using different personnel groupings in different weeks.

Josh McDaniels

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The technology of the time dictated the way things looked.

Douglas Trumbull

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It's human nature to want to help and soothe and save with your love, but it's also arrogant.

Deb Caletti

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I was stunned to learn that more than 200,000 abandoned, neglected, or orphaned children had been sent from the East Coast to the Midwest on trains between 1854 and 1929.

Christina Baker Kline

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