David Grann Quotes
The Osage have this lovely phrase: 'Travelers in the Mist.' It was the term for part of an Osage clan that would take the lead whenever the tribe was venturing into unfamiliar realms. And, in a way, we are all travelers in the mist. The challenge is that, as writers, we sometimes want to ignore this murkiness, or we want to write around it.
Quotes to Explore
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
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I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news and movies.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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I just throw it out and see what happens. If it sounds and feels right, then I continue.
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It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt.
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I was always kind of florid. And full of rhetoric. That was my flaw. My whole time writing, I've had to work against that because it can be a wrecking posture.
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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought.
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I don't just want to support only Muslim women. I want to inspire women across the board, and I'm hoping they won't allow things to get in the way.
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I like part-time jobs in restaurants.
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I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.
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An enlarged global public society, with its many dissenting and corrective voices, can quickly call the bluff of lavishly credentialled and smug intellectual elites.
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I had one of the best days of my life. I spent the afternoon with my two kids and my ex-wife at Serendipity. Then I came to the theater, and you know, I think I did the play the best I've ever done it.
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I have never worn dresses by grands couturiers.
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Obviously, I love country music, so I wanna be able to live in the country music genre and then play to country music fans.
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The year I turned 16, I spent the weeks before Christmas dropping hints to my parents about how much I wanted - no, needed - my own transportation.
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I've done more than 70 auditions in about four years. Early on, it was hard for me because I'd become so attached to these characters, and then you'd be told, 'No.' I'd get very upset when I was younger. But now it comes with the territory.
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The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
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I went to an all-girls school, and I always felt like I missed out on a traditional high-school life.
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I rest solely in His righteousness and in His atonement because I know there is nothing I can do to make up for my own iniquity.
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There is no reason that America can't compete in a global economy, and I love being one small proof point in that.
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It's a great challenge to come from little New Zealand and beat the odds in Hollywood.
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A violent scene is art, as much as a sex scene is art. For me, all the scenes were a challenge.
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The Osage have this lovely phrase: 'Travelers in the Mist.' It was the term for part of an Osage clan that would take the lead whenever the tribe was venturing into unfamiliar realms. And, in a way, we are all travelers in the mist. The challenge is that, as writers, we sometimes want to ignore this murkiness, or we want to write around it.
