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Orhan Pamuk Quotes

I really don't want to portray the Islamists as simply evil, the way it's often done in the west.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
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Birth: June 7, 1952

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Evil Done Want Way West Simply

I feel like I'm doing what I love. If I can get out, shoot, film and climb, and be with my friends and family, I'm happy. It doesn't take a lot. I don't need to climb huge mountains. I have a deep connection with wilderness and the environment, and I'm thankful for that.

Family Love Thankful Mountains Happy

Poetry taught me a great deal about language and images, but when it came to plotting, I was stumped. It's been very much a learn-by-doing thing for me.

Jennifer McMahon

Great Poetry Me Language Deal Been

Human rights are praised more than ever - and violated as much as ever.

More Human Rights Human Rights Than

Any time you cast an actor, you don't just cast that actor; you cast all their other performances as well.

Time You Actor Well Cast Just

Stand-up comedy is a very hard thing on the spirit. There are people who transcend it, like Jack Benny and Steve Martin, but in its essence, it's soul-destroying. It tends to turn people into control freaks.

People Control Comedy Spirit Hard

We live in this era where we really enjoy being offended, although only on the Internet. I don't know how beneficial it is. I wonder if we live in an age where we don't have power, yet somehow feel we have virtual power. But I feel like it's a distraction from real life.

Life Live Age Power Internet Enjoy

I want to be the bridge to the next generation.

Bridge Generation Want Next

I worked in a supermarket for a year; I worked in a finance department at a university, a pub, busking and singing. I tried to be a nanny for about three weeks.

Finance Singing Year Three Tried

The audience that surprised us the most was definitely Paris, when we played there last. They were just incredibly into us and we weren't expecting it at all.

Paris Audience Us Last Just Most

I'm really into the human interest thing. I really like regular people.

Chelsea Handler

People Human Interest Like Really

My father was a really good athlete, so his pop-ups really were sky high. Eventually I learned how to judge them properly and catch them well. It was great training for when I started to play on teams, which I did all through school.

Good Father Great Sky Training Play

When you do a movie in the studio system, there's a committee. A committee of six or seven people you answer to. There's two or three producers, a studio executive and one or two people above that studio executive.

People You Three Two People System

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