David Grann Quotes
The giant squid is the perfect embodiment of a sea monster: it is huge, it has tentacles, it has big eyes, and it is absolutely frightening-looking. But, most important, it is real. Unlike the Loch Ness monster, we know it's out there.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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I come from a place where everything about me, even my body language, is saying: I mean you no harm. I smile, I laugh. Basic stuff for most people.
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Do I favor the death penalty? Theoretically, I do, but when you realize that there's a 4 percent error rate, you end up putting guilty people to death.
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We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
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I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.
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Climate change is obviously happening and there is obviously a man-made contribution.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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You have to take control of your own life, your own destiny, and your own careers. You can't leave everything up to someone else, 'cause then you can look at them and blame them.
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I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname.
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Economic growth is important. But we cannot count on economic growth alone to fund the public education system our children need and deserve.
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The great fun for me is these collaborators. I'm nothing by myself. Being with these people, whether it's the 'Homeland' cast or stage collaborators, they make you everything you are. They make you come to work. They make you be alive.
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There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.
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The VA does a lot of good things, but determining if a firm is a small business is not one of them.
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When you have endless time, you take all day to go to the grocery store. But, if you have to be at work for 14 hours a day, you manage your time better. I know I do.
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I have some women friends but I prefer men. Don't trust women. There is a built-in competition between women.
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You have to be very brave in that first writing session.
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The public does not like you to mislead or represent yourself to be something you're not. And the other thing that the public really does like is the self-examination to say, you know, I'm not perfect. I'm just like you. They don't ask their public officials to be perfect. They just ask them to be smart, truthful, honest, and show a modicum of good sense.
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I grew up with an older brother, and the bond between siblings is unlike anything else, and it can be a real journey to accept what that bond is once you both mature into it. Because it's not always what you want. It's not always what you expect. It's not always what you imagined or hoped. But it's one of the most important things in the world.
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I want to tell girls, it's not about make-up and how you look that's important; you are so much more than how you look.
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I have been very interested in the number of kids who have read the Sherlock Holmes books after reading the Mary Russell books. That's great. That's more or less how I rediscovered the Holmes books.
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It's good to be successful but it's great to be significant
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The giant squid is the perfect embodiment of a sea monster: it is huge, it has tentacles, it has big eyes, and it is absolutely frightening-looking. But, most important, it is real. Unlike the Loch Ness monster, we know it's out there.
