Orhan Pamuk Quotes

The truly great books are always novels: 'Anna Karenina,' 'The Brothers Karamazov,' 'The Magic Mountain.' Just as with 'Shahnameh,' I browse these books from time to time to remember how a great book works on us or to teach my students at Columbia University.

Orhan Pamuk

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
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  • Birth: June 7, 1952

Topics

GreatTimeMountainBookRemember

A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.

St. Jerome

FriendLongDifficultyFoundHardly

I mean, we've all had those dreams where, you know, we try to cry out and our voice won't come.

Tom Hooper

DreamsVoiceYouKnowCryTry

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

MyselfDanceBetterTryOnlyThan

A bad boyfriend is someone you give everything to - you live with him, cook for him, sleep with him - thinking he is going to marry you and then he doesn't. When you are giving your all to a job and not getting credit, your job is a bad boyfriend.

Mika Brzezinski

LiveJobSleepThinkingGivingYou

My ideal - and here, the sky is the limit - is to attract foreign investment via concessions.

Juan Manuel Santos

SkyInvestmentLimitAttractHere

If you don't know how to play hockey, learn. If you quit, get back out there.

David Walton

HockeyLearnYouBackPlayKnow

When I was about 13 I realised girls weren't going to kiss me because I was a gigantic, weird looking creature from the depths. I was like 6 ft. aged 11.

Chris O'Dowd

KissMeLookingWeirdGoingBecause

It's sad how people want to see us females go against each other. Never been for that. Never will.

Ciara

SadPeopleGoWantWillNever

With each decision of ours that takes from the People a question properly left to them - with each decision that is unabashedly based not on law, but on the 'reasoned judgment' of a bare majority of this Court - we move one step closer to being reminded of our impotence.

Antonin Scalia

DecisionStepPeopleLawQuestion

No self-respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party who ignores her sex.

Susan B. Anthony

WorkSuccessWomanWishSexParty

'Jaws' was the first A-list picture that was released like an exploitation picture. They made a lot of money with that picture because they could save a lot of money on advertising. Instead of having a full-page ad in 'The New York Times' for one theater, they had it for 100 theaters.

Peter Bogdanovich

MoneyNew YorkAdvertisingPicture

The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.

Richard Bach

HappinessMomentBestEnjoyWayPay

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