David Ebershoff Quotes
We struggle throughout our lives to learn to accept the shell that transports us through this world, and many of us take great effort to change it. I believe everyone has at least once looked in the mirror and thought, 'That is not me. I am someone else. The world cannot see me as I really am.'
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I was fortunate enough to get an author-backed role in Aamir Khan starrer 'Talash.'
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When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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It's easy to have a good season but if you want to have a great season you have got to win a major tournament.
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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
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There are times, especially when I was just getting into PC gaming, where I spent way less time playing than obsessing about the quality of the play.
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You've got a great chance in college to do all sorts of terrible irresponsible things, and you should totally do them. I mean, make huge mistakes. This is the time in your life if you screw up, it's okay because you can bounce back from it.
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I think the NAACP isn't recognized enough for all of the work it does, especially in the field of law. They may have faded from view over the last couple of decades, but they are fighting the good fight.
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I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.
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It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
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After I watched 'The Exorcist' I refused to watch any other movie that had anything to do with ghosts or demons. I didn't even watch 'Ghostbusters' until I was much older.
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Both the Obama and Romney campaigns said they pulled all their political ads today in observance of the September 11th anniversary. But politics wasn't very far offstage. The Obama campaign sees foreign policy as an advantage this year.
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Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be dependent on its largesse. It's time to return to our Founders' love for small government. More is not always better.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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My business issues are just that - business - and I deal with them like they are business.
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Maybe I'm just purely lucky. If I've come up against obstacles I've always found another way around it.
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I grew up really poor and have always been the type of person who will work earlier or work harder or more than the other person to even the playing field.
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Golf is the hardest game in the world. There is no way you can ever get it. Just when you think you do, the game jumps up and puts you in your place.
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However it is debased or misinterpreted, love is a redemptive feature. To focus on one individual so that their desires become superior to yours is a very cleansing experience.
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Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable.
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You know, I'm always surprised when I read profiles, and they make me sound so jaded. I am so not jaded.
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We struggle throughout our lives to learn to accept the shell that transports us through this world, and many of us take great effort to change it. I believe everyone has at least once looked in the mirror and thought, 'That is not me. I am someone else. The world cannot see me as I really am.'
