Daniel Handler Quotes
I’m sure you have heard it said that appearance does not matter so much, and that it is what's on the inside that counts. This is, of course, utter nonsense, because if it were true then people who were good on the inside would never have to comb their hair or take a bath, and the whole world would smell even worse than it already does. -Lemony Snicket
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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I could go and make commercials left and right and pretend like I am a celebrity, but that is not me.
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And in the Second World War, you didn't just read about it in the newspapers because you weren't allowed to read it in the newspapers. It was all censored, you know? So nobody knew what we were doing.
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In film, you're so much in the hands and at the mercy of the editor, so sometimes it's good to watch it just to see how it turns out - it can be so different than how you imagined it. But sometimes it's better to just let it go for your own sense of self worth.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that.
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We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.
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I am Gabrielle Anwar: mother, lover, daughter, sister, friend, and creator in the pursuit of happiness.
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My sister is dyslexic, and she's so smart, so intelligent in all of the ways that matter.
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I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.
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When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.
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We're looking for people out there who have demonstrated that they are leaders, have track records of achievement, and want to be part of a force... of a much larger force of determined people who want to bring about, ultimately, institutional change.
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For a long time, I felt instinctively irritated - sometimes repelled - by scientific friends' automatic use of the word 'mechanism' for automatic bodily processes. A machine was man-made; it was not a sentient being; a man was not a machine.
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President Obama stands ready to work with everyone, because that's what the American people expect and deserve - not for the short term political advantages, but the long term health of our country. We don't spend time trying to figure out what's in the minds of Republicans, we try to keep our focus on the American people.
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I have a lot of admiration for people who've been in relationships a long time, married for years.
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It's a question of whether we're going to go forward into the future, or past to the back.
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I was fortunate to have teachers that were flexible with allowing me to miss more class than I was supposed to be able to, for the sake of being able to tour.
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From 16 years old, I wanted to have a baby, that's all I wanted.
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When you make your living as a singer, you have to go where the gigs are.
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Protecting eagles from the threat of extinction is a conservation success story that we must prudently safeguard for future generations to come.
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We need to download scientific journals and upload them to file-sharing networks.
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There's a strength to being able to look at products through a customer's eyes, but it is also dangerous.
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I’m sure you have heard it said that appearance does not matter so much, and that it is what's on the inside that counts. This is, of course, utter nonsense, because if it were true then people who were good on the inside would never have to comb their hair or take a bath, and the whole world would smell even worse than it already does. -Lemony Snicket
