Claire Messud Quotes

In midlife, I feel that my tendency to acquire books is rather like someone smoking two packs a day: it's a terrible vice that I wish I could shuck.

Claire Messud

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Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen to our grandparents breathe through their noses when they're eating sandwiches.

Jim Carrey

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Just as black and white, when mixed, make grey, in many ways that's what it did to my self-identity: it created a murky area of who I was, a haze around how people connected with me. I was grey. And who wants to be this indifferent colour, devoid of depth and stuck in the middle? I certainly didn't.

Meghan Markle

Black And WhitePeopleMeBlackGrey

Hardcore wrestling like CZW is just nonsense. There's no story there. You've got guys jumping off of houses onto barb wired tables, and that's it. They don't know how to work. CZW is trash.

Triple H

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Punk rock has become another viable art form. It always was. But now it's like everyone's doing it.

Tre Cool

ArtDoingNowRockBecomePunk

Our nation is grounded on the rule of law, and the public must be assured that government officials administer the law fairly.

Rod Rosenstein

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To do a 'Bond' picture is a blessing but also a curse.

Maryam D'Abo

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I listen to Ustad Vilayat Khan's 'Raga Khamaj' and 'Raga Jaijaiwanti' virtually every morning, a lot of Abdullah Ibrahim, Michael Kiwanuka, Savages, and contemporary Ugandan pop.

Mira Nair

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I'm a very loyal boyfriend. I'm a bit of a joker... I can be romantic, but not too sickly.

Louis Tomlinson

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I spend a lot of time doing watercolors and playing music in my apartment.

Lola Kirke

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I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist.

Jose Saramago

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Chicago is a lot of my background as a chef.

Jose Garces

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I have a tendency to check out when the stakes are too high in a movie.

Jon Watts

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