Paul Auster Quotes

It's extremely difficult to get these jobs because you can't get a job on a ship unless you have seaman's paper's, and you can't get seaman's papers unless you have a job on a ship. There had to be a way to break through the circle, and he was the one who arranged it for me.

Paul Auster

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 3, 1947

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JobMeShipYouCircleWay

My mother had all these maxims - like, classy girls never chew gum, never read comic books, never get their ears pierced, never get their hair dyed.

Jennifer Tilly

MotherHairClassyNeverGumGet

I often want to cry. That is the only advantage women have over men - at least they can cry.

Jean Rhys

WomenMenCryWantOverAdvantage

There is no doubt that Montanans support our nation's efforts to enhance national security.

Steve Bullock

SupportDoubtSecurityNationOur

I find impressionists slightly annoying, really.

Steve Coogan

FindAnnoyingReallySlightly

Marriage commissioners who choose not to marry homosexuals are being fired. A Knights of Columbus chapter in British Columbia is in court because it chooses not allow a lesbian group to use its facility for marriage ceremonies. The list goes on.

Stockwell Day

MarriageChooseChapterGroupFired

My dad and mom were in bands: the Soda Jerks, Fat Time, Girls at Play - which is a play on Men at Work.

Sia

WorkTimeMenMomFatPlay

I am a sucker for those old traditional places, and Rome is as good as it gets, particularly when you throw in Italian food.

Roger Federer

GoodFoodI AmYouRomePlaces

My name is very often associated with parties and entertaining, but it's not true. I am not such a party person.

Roberto Cavalli

I AmNamePartyPersonTrueVery

I didn't even dance at my high school prom, and I have turned down so many movie roles because I didn't know how to dance.

Romeo Miller

DanceSchoolHigh SchoolDownKnow

After the end of slavery, African-American men were arrested in mass, and they were arrested for extremely minor crimes like loitering, standing around, vagrancy, or the equivalent of jaywalking - arrested and then sent to prison and then leased to plantations.

Michelle Alexander

MenSlaveryPrisonEndStanding

I like comedies, I like thrillers, I like love stories. Everything is beautiful; it depends if the film is good, who cares? Everything is interesting.

Monica Bellucci

LoveGoodBeautifulInterestingFilm

I also argued before the war that the administration was underestimating Arab nationalism and Iraqi nationalism, that it was not going to be as easy to rule Iraq as they thought.

Juan Cole

WarThoughtNationalismEasyGoing

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