Patrick Modiano Quotes

I've always had the wish, the nostalgia to be able to write detective novels. At heart, the principal themes of detective novels are close to the things that obsess me: disappearance, the problems of identity, amnesia, the return to an enigmatic past.

Patrick Modiano

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: July 30, 1945

Topics

HeartPastIdentityMeProblems

I've never been in a barroom brawl in my life. I just don't do such things.

Max von Sydow

LifeMy LifeNeverThingsBeenJust

We are looking for ways to decrease the dropout rate. I am pretty sure, if we eliminate career and technical education, we are going to increase the dropout rate.

Michael Enzi

EducationI AmLookingCareerPretty

That's what my mindset is, making the right play and doing the right thing each and every possession.

Trae Young

Doing The Right ThingMindsetDoing

Maybe it's because I come from a very utopian world of being a comedian, but I'm used to many live comedy performances going on in any city I'm in, and each of us is trying to be the best at what we do. I don't think of it as a competition so much as a thriving comedy economy.

Trevor Noah

LiveBestCompetitionCityWorld

Coming from a programming background, I have a good sense of what's feasible and what's not feasible in a game.

Masi Oka

GoodGameProgrammingComingSense

After Mad Season, I started writing my own music for Pearl Jam and brought it in. 'Given To Fly' came out of that, and so did 'Faithful' - those were on 'Yield,' which came after Mad Season.

Mike McCready

MusicWritingFlyMadMy OwnOut

I didn't really have intentions of fighting in MMA; it just kind of fell into place. Once I started fighting, though, I loved it, and I walked away from kickboxing right away.

Donald Cerrone

LovedFightingPlaceKindIntentions

We gave up some of our country to the white men, thinking that then we could have peace. We were mistaken. The white man would not let us alone.

Chief Joseph

AloneMenPeaceManThinkingWhite

Bill Withers and Curtis Mayfield, those are the people who informed me in playing the bass.

Colin Greenwood

PeopleMeInformedPlayingBassWho

I think I'd want to see the Hollywood sign, that's for sure. I've never seen that yet. And oh, please, please, please, can I go to Disneyland?

Auli'i Cravalho

ThinkGoWantHollywoodDisneyland

When there are tiers of meaning in an ad it intrigues the audience and they look for it again and again.

William Shatner

MeaningLookAudienceAgainAd

My feet never touched the ground. Lots of good groups with crazy and unique images. It was wild. I spent all of my time doing gigs, TV appearances, interviews, or recording. I could write a book - and probably will.

Suzi Quatro

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