"To my mind, Guernica is the most important online intellectual and literary journal in America today."

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Claire Messud

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“The Israelis are very smart about politics and strategy, but there are a few exceptions. One is Lebanon, the other is Gaza, where they were completely inept.”
“Decide not rashly. The decision made Can never be recalled. The gods implore not, Plead not, solicit not; they only offer Choice and occasion, which once being passed Return no more. Dost thou accept the gift?”
“Movie acting, I later realized, reminds me of contract bridge. Each requires the same concentration, intense short-term memory, and obliviousness to everything else until the last trump is called - or whatever it is they do.”
“There's not a whole lot of events out there on television, especially in the years between Olympic Games.”
“Sigmund Freud said we act out our own dreams, but if you are only an actor you are not acting out your own dream. You are simply participating in someone else's dream.”
“Everyone thinks they went to high school with me. I take it as a compliment that I look different in every role.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Music has been more, you know, the only thing I've ever known.”

Source : "Guns N’ Roses DJ Ashba: On Overcoming Obstacles with a Guitar". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. January 27, 2015.
“We carry inside us the wonders we seek outside us.”

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