Laini Taylor Quotes
He actually listened, rather than pretending to listen while waiting a suitable interval before it was his time to talk again.
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I don't like the word 'experiment' in the context of art in general. It implies something immature, unfinished, something entertaining for a moment before it becomes irrelevant.
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The disappearance of MH370 has tested our collective resolve.
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I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
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Personally, it was a big honor for me meeting so many families of the fallen soldiers and hearing their stories.
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People always say 'humbling,' but I actually think it's quite inflating being nominated for an award. It's wonderful; it's a great feeling.
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If there's one thing I've learnt, it's that I don't think a man ever looks better than when he's in a suit. So I'm wearing them increasingly, not in my personal life, but in my professional life, and I'm really enjoying it.
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A final of a grand slam is always a matter of details. Maybe a point here, a point there will make the difference. Maybe someone who is a bit more gutsy than the other player, someone who is having a better day than the others.
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One of the things I took from my wartime experiences was that reality was a stage set... the comfortable day-to-day life, school, the home where one lives and all the rest of it... could be dismantled overnight.
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I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
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I love action films. I'd love to do an action drama. I'm always looking to give my character something action-oriented to do.
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Watching game film motivates me a lot. It shows me what I need to work on and determines the specific workouts I do.
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Many a poor soul has had to suffer from the weight of the debts on him, finding no rest or peace after death.
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It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
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I found that I was much more interested in writing and that I didn't like the illustrating at all. I had always been the hardest on myself when I drew and painted. I am not hard on myself when I write. I like what I write, so it is a much happier process.
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I had an audition where Josh Brolin was pelting me with his personality. I didn't get the part.
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Why are numbers so important? I take up a film I like, give it my best, and move on.
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I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.
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I played a lot of sarcastic, wisecracking characters for a long time, and people would think that was me. And it's very much not me, and then people would think I was being sarcastic when I wasn't: 'Oh, you're making fun of me right now.' And I wasn't!
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I wish Americans thought more like Europeans when it comes to money and work. They take time off, they do what they love. We think work is the most valued commodity. Really the most valued commodity is time.
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Linkin Park has been a band for such a long time, for me, in my eyes. I was 16 years old when I first heard them. I heard 'Hybrid Theory,' and I was floored at what I was listening to. It was angry yet melodic, it had hip-hop and it had - it was just different, good. Good songwriting.
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In France and other European countries, film stars are more celebrated. In Germany, if we are good at what we do, we are respected but not acclaimed. And, of course, we are not paid like Americans are.
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There's hardly any governmental censorship in Korea.
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A lot of people say colonialism was 'evil' or whatever, but what have they really done with Africa since we gave it back to them? I don't think it should be considered 'racist' to admit maybe ending apartheid did more harm than good in South Africa.
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He actually listened, rather than pretending to listen while waiting a suitable interval before it was his time to talk again.
