Daniel Handler Quotes
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You can't bank on the outcome.
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We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.
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I have been sustained by cane field, the cane plantation I have.
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I myself feel that I'm a well-rounded player and got a lot better defensively and without the puck as time has gone on.
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I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.
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I'm obsessed with Radiohead. They're just the greatest band on the planet.
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You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.
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Now that I've achieved my goal to win the belt, I want to be the best of all times. I want to be remembered as the lightweight with most title defenses.
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I don't mind playing spoiler.
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I've always had very catholic tastes.
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I'm a smoky eye girl. I love playing with eye colors, metallics... fun stuff!
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I like being by myself.
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I reveled in the most basic rules and techniques that are the foundation of professional cooking. For example, it is essential to use a sharp knife: the sharper the knife, the more fluid and precise your work and the less likely you are to get hurt. Dull knives are a danger - they slip far more often.
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I'm a failed musician rather than a successful writer.
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Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.
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I tend to forget what I'm doing will ever be read while I'm writing it, and just get on with the task at hand.
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On this planet, there is no perfection. If you chose to end relationships because of one mistake, you're going to be alone.
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When I was younger, me and my brother got a video camera, and he used to direct and I used to act. We used to make these silly, stupid short films, which, looking back now, were probably horrible.
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People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim.
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I have friends who read my books in Greek.
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I would be too self-conscious if I just thought of writing lyrics for a song. I have to trick myself into doing it.
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All of our lyrics are really personal, and we get a lot of personal letters.
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I don't think lyrics need to be deep - just write whatever comes out of you. You don't need to find intense meaning in everything.
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I can't stand the lyrics.
