Daniel Okrent Quotes
I think Tierney is also more libertarian than he is conservative in the conventional sense.
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I was in my mid 20s when email finally took off. Until then, the phone was my primary way of connecting with the people in my life.
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We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!
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One of my main weaknesses is a good movie. I'll just bawl my eyes out.
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On one side, citizens have great respect for the United States; they have a great feeling of friendship. That is solid. But in the opposition and in the political arena I often find criticism of the closeness of relations with the United States. That is a reality.
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I just don't consider myself to be, you know, an American actor. I don't want that life.
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Perhaps I have a wider range than I'd given myself credit for.
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In the 30 years of my career, I have explored all possible mediums, except radio.
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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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Personally, coming out was one of the most important things I've ever done, lifting from my shoulders the millstone of lies that I hadn't even realized I was carrying.
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As children, we all hold on to the myth of omnipotence. Comics are successful because kids identify with superheroes. They'll read a book or watch a TV programme and say, 'I'm that guy.' And that guy is always the one in control.
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To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French.
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There have been a lot of moments in my career when things haven't gone to plan.
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I'm not good at chatting right away. Women have to be very patient with me, I suppose.
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There are some agents who do a good job looking after players but there are others who stifle and mollycoddle them.
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The machine of awards season is very stressful. But this is the Oscars! It's your peers, your heroes, people you admire, the people who inspired you to get into this work in the first place. It's a pretty overwhelming feeling when you think about it.
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I think only a batsman will be able to tell you about the goose bumps he gets after hitting a perfect cover drive. I'm one of them.
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Every girl wishes she was Juliet in some version of their life.
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Some people make their best music when life is horrible.
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When you lose a loved one, you come to these crossroads. You can take the path that leads you down the aisle of sadness, or you can say, 'I'm never going to let this person's memory die. I'm going to make sure everything they worked for continues.'
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Yes, there are things that I can't change, but the things I can, I'm going to do everything in my power to work very hard through them and come out stronger on the other side.
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It has been great portraying Gollum, but it will be great to see my face on screen for a change.
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Motherhood has helped me to stop overanalyzing things. It's been liberating because I used to be somewhat neurotic. I attribute that to having something bigger than myself.
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Founded in rebellion against colonial tyranny, our country is naturally suspicious of government intrusion, interference, and snooping. European systems, by comparison, grow out of a tradition of the state providing social benefits for workers that stretches back to Bismarck and Germany in the 1880s.
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I think Tierney is also more libertarian than he is conservative in the conventional sense.
