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 am Taiwanese as well as Chinese.
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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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Somebody once said, you have to wait 20 years before you can tell if a movie's any good or not so that's probably true.
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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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When I designed 'Flower' I was thinking about making it a positive, almost like a self-healing experience. It's like therapy.
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I did a lot of musicals when I was younger. And then I went to Northwestern University, and I did more musicals. I went on to do more work in Chicago, and then while I was in college, I got flown out to Los Angeles to do a screen test for 'Back to the Future.' When I got to Los Angeles, I was like, 'Hmmm, this is different.'
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I am fine. I feel really good. I am playing without any sort of fitness problems.
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No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
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This was that day if you know what I mean.
