Daniel Handler Quotes
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People are mean on social media, whoever you are. It's a shame people have to be that way.
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I'm bisexual.
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Yes, I mean, I used to be into the big bulk thing, and that's why my legs look like those of a cyclist instead of a shooter's, but I think there is a point to where too much is not a good thing. I think I try to lower my center of gravity by doing a lot of legs.
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It's good to laugh at times that feel inappropriate.
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I don't have stamina in exercise... but I have it in life.
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If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
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We are learning more about the humanity of the unborn child. Science and truth support the prolife movement.
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I love movies where you can sense that the director risked biting off more than they can chew.
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When you write for children and young adults, you have much more affect and influence on them than when you write for adults. The books that get us through our childhood stay with us for life.
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I myself got married at a very young age. It has always intrigued me because marriage is very synthetic in an otherwise natural world.
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Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.
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The international media concentrates on the famous, the big names. Al Jazeera goes to the margins, investigates stories that are still developing and in the future become very big. Why did the Arabic world love Al Jazeera? Everybody felt he was represented in the newsroom and on the screen. That kind of belonging is ours.
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I loved problems on paper, and I was good at math, but I was a mechanical engineer, and I never understood - or cared to - how a car worked.
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I love clothes, but really I don't have that much to say about skirts. Before I was writing, I went to fashion shows only when the designer was a good friend and I was there to show support.
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An athlete and actor are really two different temperaments, night and day. As an athlete you really keep things out and as an actor you really bring things in.
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I have a funny relationship with religion. I'm a big believer in ritualistic behavior as long as it doesn't hurt anybody. But I'm not a big fan of rules. And yet, we cannot live in a world without order.
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Not knowing what one is looking for is pure agony. Too much analytical thinking, too much logic, too many meanings! Life has no logic, so why does there have to be logic to explain what it means? Also, what is logic? I think I may need to break away from analytical thinking; this is the cause of all my anxieties.
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The United Nations offers international legitimacy in what we might do.
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I thought I was learning about show business. The more painful it was, the more important I thought the experience must be. Hating it, I convinced myself it must be invaluable.
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All learning is derived from things previously known.
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I have the philosophy of yes. If anybody asks me to do a job, I say, 'Yes.' I've said yes to everything.
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Clearly what happened out there was giving into the emotion of the situation. Passion, emotion and intensity are good, but they've always got to be under control and we clearly didn't have it today.
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This was that day if you know what I mean.
