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Hisham Matar Quotes

Turgenev's achievement lies in how he succeeded, in spite of himself, his country, and his time, in exempting his work from public duty. This has given it that unnameable quality that makes every sentence true, every silence trustworthy.

Hisham Matar

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: 1970

Topics

Work Time Quality Achievement True

I like the encouragement I get from doing new things. I like to feel scared or challenged in the hope that I can pull it off. That little bit of fear creates an energy that I can channel into the performance.

Joanne Whalley

Fear Hope New Things Energy Doing

I've always been known for speeding up the tempo. To me, that's just the way you play the game - aggressive. There's no time to rest. You rest on the sidelines.

Andrew Whitworth

Time Me Game Rest You Play

My mother was against me being an actress - until I introduced her to Frank Sinatra.

Angie Dickinson

Funny Mother Me Her Being Against

The importance of an artist is bringing new signs into a language.

Steve Sabol

Language Artist New Signs Importance

'Civil War' was such a whirlwind, and I didn't really know what was going on. I was thrown into the deep end.

Tom Holland

War Deep End Know Civil War Going

To write a kernel without a data structure and have it be as consistent and graceful as UNIX would have been a much, much harder challenge.

Rob Pike

Challenge Data Write Structure Been

I think that every song has to be like it could be the biggest hit of my album.

Romeo Santos

Song Think Like Hit I Think Album

You get to about 65 or 70 and you lose friends and the world does seem to be an endlessly difficult place and tragic place, so it's more and more difficult for me to find the bright lights.

Michael Morpurgo

Me World Friends You Lose Find

It is so nice to get so many compliments from fans and people from within the industry.

Dhanush

People Nice Compliments Within Fans

In opera, there is always too much singing.

Claude Debussy

Singing Too Much Always Opera Much

Obedience keeps the rules. Love knows when to break them.

Anthony de Mello

Love Rules Obedience Break Knows

My recipe for dealing with anger and frustration: set the kitchen timer for twenty minutes, cry, rant, and rave, and at the sound of the bell, simmer down and go about business as usual.

Phyllis Diller

Business Anger Kitchen Frustration