Orhan Pamuk Quotes

People look at me as sort of a diplomat for Turkey, which by nature, I'm not; I don't want to be. It's again about that playfulness. Being Turkey's voice or representative is not playful, it's not childlike; it makes me self-conscious, kills the child in me.

Orhan Pamuk

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

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The German ueber-photographer Andreas Gursky was the perfect pre-9/11 artist.

Jerry Saltz

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My parents have a wonderful marriage, but they have been together since my mother was 12, married when they were just teenagers and are barely ever separated. They even work together. As a result, I have always thought of marriage as involving the loss of a certain amount of autonomy.

Jessica Valenti

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Well they have an input into policy but in the end governments are elected to put together policy but the good thing about the Wentworth Group is that you know you've got 11 pretty capable people with a lot of good ideas.

John Anderson

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It's not difficult getting into the charts in Sweden. It's a very different musical climate, and in a very good way, I think, because artists like Jose Gonzalez or The Knife can actually get on the charts.

Jens Lekman

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Striving is exhausting. Sometimes I do say things like, 'I wish I were not quite this driven to be excellent.' It's not a comfortable life. It's not relaxed. I'm not relaxed as a person. I mean, I'm not unhappy. But... it's the opposite of being comfortable.

Angela Duckworth

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The idea is that the object has a language unto itself.

Anish Kapoor

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The time making money should be greater than the time that you are spending money.

Sophia Amoruso

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I'm not reclusive. I'm out and about.

Steven A. Cohen

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People like Prince don't have to care about anything, but they care because they want music for the future to be great.

Rita Ora

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If we look too closely at many historical figures, we won't like what we see.

Roxane Gay

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Encourage public schools to teach American children how to code just after they learn to multiply.

Marvin Ammori

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I'm learning more and more to share creativity with the crew and actors. A film crew is more powerful if you listen to them, but it does make my job more tough because I have to listen.

Denis Villeneuve

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