Elif Batuman Quotes

You base your actions on a projected ending, which you actually don't know. However, when you reach the crucial point, and the pinnacle event doesn't occur, you just need to go on, and something else will happen.

Elif Batuman

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EndingReachYouGoKnowWill

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.

Anatole France

FearFutureManEventsAnythingWho

I used to joke that if acting didn't work out, poetry was my commonsense fallback.

Merritt Wever

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I loved my time in Congress, but people who spend all of their time planning to run for office have very few useful skills to deploy when they finally get there.

John Sununu

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Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together.

Anais Nin

LifeDreamsTogetherActionMust

I love doing my 'Buried Treasure' show.

Tom Petty

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All I did was basically play myself in the role of Napoleon Solo.

Robert Vaughn

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I'd actually really love to review books and films and plays, but you can't be an artist and a critic. I would love it if I could.

Romola Garai

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You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.

Michael Phelps

SportsYouDreamMoreLimitGet

When I run for my country, I'm very proud to run for my country.

Mo Farah

ProudCountryRunVery

I was kind of a Rickles comic to begin with. I was caustic, and I was abusive and mean to the audience.

Louie Anderson

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Obviously, I want it to be legally downloaded, and I myself have spent a fortune on iTunes because, for me, that's the easiest way to get music.

Joshua Bell

MusicMyselfMeWantWayFortune

Preparation is a mentality... With wrestling being my background, I've always learned to overwork, overwork. Work, work, work, work. It's not always the talented that wins, but it's the one who puts in the most preparation and thought into things.

Dominick Cruz

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