Marguerite Duras Quotes

No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book or painting can replace alcohol in its power to give man the illusion of real creation.

Marguerite Duras

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: April 4, 1914 - March 3, 1996

Topics

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I happen to be fortunate: I live in San Francisco, and I can afford a $600 phone. Or two of them!

Robert Scoble

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For my own films, I would like to see 'Bullet in the Head' remastered. The original cut was actually almost three hours.

John Woo

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I've done two remakes, 'Rowdy Rathore' and 'Son of Sardaar,' and I see nothing wrong with it. The originals were in a language that not everyone understands, so when you're making it in another language, you can reach a much wider audience. That's how I look at it.

Sonakshi Sinha

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Later, I went down to the Washington field office and an onsite polygraph was administered.

Steven Hatfill

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People bring camera phones into comedy shows and clubs and concerts, and sound bites never come out right.

Tracy Morgan

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A career public speaker is not what I'm called to be. I'm called to be a critic.

Tony Campolo

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I'm not brave. Far from it.

Mike Gallagher

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I'm trying to demystify the whole process. Make it simple, make it palatable. I want people to have respect for the law, and I want to educate people on the basics of the law.

Joseph Wapner

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One day when I was 16, I rode my bike to the nearby DMV office to get my driver's permit. Some of my friends already had their licenses, so I figured it was time. But when I handed the clerk my green card as proof of U.S. residency, she flipped it around, examining it. 'This is fake,' she whispered. 'Don't come back here again.'

Jose Antonio Vargas

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My dad was working class.

Johnny Flynn

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I'd think learning to play the guitar would be very confusing for sighted people.

Doc Watson

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With those people, I'm very far apart, because I believe that government access to communications and stored records is valuable when done under tightly controlled conditions which protect legitimate privacy interests.

Dorothy Denning

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