Elif Safak Quotes

English, for me, is an acquired language. I started with English at the age of 10. At the time, it was my third language.

Elif Safak

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: turkish
  • Birth: October 25, 1971

Topics

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My wife and I had children when we were children ourselves.

John Updike

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I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything.

Steven Wright

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With docs, there's often a very direct communication between the filmmaker and the audience. With narrative movies, we leave it a little bit more open.

Tom McCarthy

CommunicationMoviesMoreOpenLeave

So, fall asleep love, loved by me... for I know love, I am loved by thee.

Robert Browning

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Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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I had a gig in Sweden. There were thousands of people there, and when I launched into 'I'm Yours,' they were all singing along. It was as if I was singing the Swedish national anthem. I was stunned.

Jason Mraz

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Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect.

Jose Marti

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After certain ups and downs, a person does change, and I have changed for good.

Divyanka Tripathi

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Obviously with the onset of cable and satellite, there are more opportunities for programming and original programming, so it creates more opportunities for actors and producers and directors and everything.

Anthony Michael Hall

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She is such a doer, Cara - she is so ambitious. She has always known what she wants, and she's a hustler. Sometimes I call her, and I'm like, 'You need to help me hustle,' and she is like, 'Come on!'

Poppy Delevingne

MeHelpYouHustleSometimesShe

A lot of actors, we aren't that special; you get a well-written scene, and it's virtually actor-proof.

Timothy Olyphant

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In normal life people say, 'You're so different than on stage!' Offstage I'm down to earth, simple and a very goofy girl... I like to make goofy faces, be dorky and not take things too seriously. I just love to laugh.

Nicole Scherzinger

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