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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Our alliances and our credibility are crucial elements of our working capital in advancing America's interests in the world, and they have been eroded over the last four years.
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Writing is my love. If you love something, you find a lot of time. I write for two hours a day, usually starting at midnight; at times, I start at 11.
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I think a lot of the time we end up taking people who - and this is sort of a big cultural advantage at Activision - we find people who are, have a graduate degree of some kind - mainly it's in the sciences - and they are in jobs that would never suggest that they were working for anything game related but that they're passionate gamers.
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I never stopped making pictures. There were times when more of my income was coming from other sources, and I had to devote more time to television and movies and records.
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What's important is not just to develop the technology; it's to develop the processes.
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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.
