Elizabeth Kostova Quotes
I keep telling myself I should try very hard to write a novel of about 210 pages... I don't seem to be capable of it, but I keep hoping it will happen.
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Touring, and being in a band, it's almost like the other stuff, the other parts of life, get put on hold.
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When you're surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when you're by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don't feel like you can trust anybody or talk to anybody, you feel like you're really alone.
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Bands that I've loved over the years are the ones that have a certain myth around them.
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Mister Cee's a legend, man.
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Everyone asks me if I'm the princess or if my brothers beat me up. The younger ones I can deck pretty easily. With the older ones, it's harder.
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I sincerely believe that no problem is bigger than man, and problems are blown out of proportion by man himself.
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The more people learn about the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, the worse it looks.
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I've always tried to explore the humorous aspects of life.
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I grew up around jazz. I love jazz.
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I have a record of wanting to make sure that campaigns are open and financing is fair, but it can't just be one sided.
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There are not many female role models to guide voters, and the tradition that a Southern woman's place is in the home still lingers in some quarters.
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The idea of telling a story in reverse destabilises your ordinary moral reactions. That's one of the points of art - to challenge your preconceptions.
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I was never a model-y model. I was doing it as a job, but people didn't even know I was a model.
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At Spotify, we really want you to democratically win as a musician. We want you to win because your music is the best music.
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I'm from the South, so I tend to tell stories. That's how we express ourselves.
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Apparently, I have such a serious race face, even when I'm doing a bit of work, at first everybody wasn't sure if I was enjoying it or not. But it's absolutely exhilarating. It feels like you're one with your horse and you're flying.
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Dick Clark and I had such a hysterical relationship with each other.
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Tempus edax rerum.
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I originally wanted to be an opera singer. I studied classical voice at the University of Washington but soon realised I didn't have the instrument or the discipline. The road for opera singers is more difficult than for actors.
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Every government says they love small businesses, but what have they done for them? We should pull down all the barriers.
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The biggest risk is to take no risk at all.
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You just can't afford to care that much about the negative things people say about you. You just can't!
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I think there's a lot of scope in broadening the way videogames approach depictions of masculinity, which is still extremely narrow in scope. It would be nice to see a panel about gender in videogames and it not just be about one gender!
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I keep telling myself I should try very hard to write a novel of about 210 pages... I don't seem to be capable of it, but I keep hoping it will happen.
