Dara Horn Quotes
Sibling relationships figure in a lot of my books. You don't often see relationships between adult siblings explored in fiction.
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I would rather be on the set than doing anything.
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I like the mix of stuff I do. I love movies, but I also enjoy performing live and writing songs.
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A lot of the early Washed Out material was done on a couple of synthesizers that did most of the work, but that's the great thing about synths - you can recreate sounds or make an entire record with just one piece of gear.
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A novel is a conversation starter, and if the author isn't there for the after-party, both the writer and the reader are missing a lot.
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Thou art I, I am Thou,Knowing, Knower, Known, as One!
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We, the undersigned, gathered in Pilgrimage to the capital of the State in Sacramento in penance for all the failings of Farm Workers as free and sovereign men, do solemnly declare before the civilized world which judges our actions, and before the nation to which we belong, the propositions we have formulated to end the injustice that oppresses us.
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As a kid, I always used to make clothes. My grandmother made everything with me - she taught me how to knit.
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Instead of a few hundreds of thousands of men meeting each other in war, millions would now meet, and modern weapons would multiply manifold the power of destruction.
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I love the 'Mildred Pierce' miniseries.
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I think I am naturally attracted to things that are a little bit out of this world.
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I think the founding fathers believed religion shouldn't interact directly with government.
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But no, I don't generally have trouble with spelling mistakes.
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We're obviously going to spend a lot in marketing because we think the product sells itself.
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Stand-up is different from television. In stand-up, you've got to be in control.
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I like raconteurs; I like conversation. I liked the 'Tonight Show' when it was 90 minutes, I like when people aren't plugging things per se, and they're just in the moment being interesting.
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My mom was a big fan of Al Green... James Brown we weren't allowed to listen to, so of course I knew James Brown.
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Dakota Fanning is a child, but she is a wonderful actor. I don't know what a child actor is. She's an actor who's a child.
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If I leave, reality will devour me. Then they will all really be dead.
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People are intrigued when they discover you date a footballer - women especially.
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The big things in the average person's life are the romances that they have - and then the destruction and loss of them. Parents, siblings, children, the death of parents, family tension... these are monumental things. They struck me as being interesting to write about. I didn't have a very exotic life, but all this stuff happened to me.
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My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and look after my younger siblings and do the housework.
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Two things I really wanted to be: a stand-up comic or a New York Yankee - or a really funny New York Yankee.
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What has always made the Clintons great politicians and better people is their unyielding commitment to expanding the middle class for everyone.
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Sibling relationships figure in a lot of my books. You don't often see relationships between adult siblings explored in fiction.
