Daniel Handler Quotes
It is my solemn duty to stay up all night researching and writing the history of these three hapless youngsters, but you may be more comfortable getting a good night's sleep. In that case, you should probably choose some other book.
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I don't consider myself a feminist, but I feel very empowered as a woman, and I've used all my resources widely. I believe in equality, but that's just naturally happening. I still want a door opened for me, to be treated like a lady, but I also want equal rights for women, of course.
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
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Do not tell somebody how to vote, just go up to them and tell them what Fahrenheit 9/11 meant to you. Fahrenheit will probably not win an Academy Award, but if you put it first on your list, it will become a nominee.
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One of the things I wonder is whether it's good that the whole free model makes a lot of people listen to more of your music. I'm wondering if it devalues it, it becomes disposable, because you can get it so easily.
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Tell people you're a Canadian or a Kiwi when you travel and they'll adore you.
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The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.
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Every child should at least grow up in family rather than without one.
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The United States is going to be a rich country, it is going to be prosperous, but it is not going to be able to take the lead in the next phase of global economic development.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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I don't watch my own films very often. I become so jittery and ready to cry... and miserable. I think it's awful.
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I am a very reserved person and have very few friends in the industry, while most of my close ones are from school and college.
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The idea that I could push the envelope using dedication and research and endless curiosity has propelled me in my life's work.
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Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously.
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The NFL is my goal, not my dream. My dream is to have an impact on people.
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Most people want to become movie stars and I just want to be in the business. I already was a star. If I get the part of a lifetime and it blows up, then that's wonderful. But if the acting doesn't work, fine. I'll just be a producer. And if the producing doesn't work, fine. I've got a lot of other stuff.
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I wrote 'Fight Song' as this declaration to believe in myself, and that is similar to what you are taught to believe in Girl Scouts. Building confidence. Building character. And above all else, being there for each other as a community.
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When I was a child, my father taught me to put up my fists like a boy and to be prepared to defend myself at all times.
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When you're in a black group, you have to keep in mind you're not black. You just have to be sensitive. We have to be appreciative that the black nationalist struggle is a nationalist struggle.
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Everyone in this house and the houses next door knows when I'm in the sauna because I start singing, and I sing the blues when I'm in a really good mood. I have a really loud voice, you know.
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The basic story for Golden Spike is that we discovered a way to create do-it-yourself Apollo programs for other countries.
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I'm not a writer who refuses to talk about a book until I've finished.
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My father always said, 'Never trust anyone whose TV is bigger than their book shelf' - so I make sure I read.
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There's something about the water - that solitary kind of peaceful feeling. You're on Earth but not quite.
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It is my solemn duty to stay up all night researching and writing the history of these three hapless youngsters, but you may be more comfortable getting a good night's sleep. In that case, you should probably choose some other book.
