Laura Hillenbrand Quotes
But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story.
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I had a pretty bad time when I was an undergraduate at Cornell University. I failed out of school. I was much, much heavier.
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I think the most important element of a power outfit is proper fit. The one item to focus on is a suit. If it's the right fit, you could wear it with a T-shirt and still convey the positive message.
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.
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When I started out, there was so much work that I couldn't think of doing anything else. I would go for recordings by 8.30 A.M., that, too, in trains. I used to come home at night. I was travelling alone everywhere.
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I need to be doing different things all the time; it's just part of who I am.
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I'm very strange, I'm not going to lie.
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I want to be judged on my own merits.
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Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.
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I thought marriage was something very quiet and very regular and very bourgeois.
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I'm a real common sense guy who caught a lot of good breaks and who has been very, very fortunate.
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To begin with, I don't have any stage fright.
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I did not give my daughter the kind of childhood anybody would want. The vision of the divided loyalty between a mother and father who don't live together and don't share in decisions is a great depravation for children.
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I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.
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I was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a big lesson in my life. My mother expected both.
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To have real knowledge, one must understand the essence of things and not only their manifestations.
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And it just made me realize again because I have know it for some time, that you never get comfortable in this. No matter who you are. No matter who... how successful you are.
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Our intent of how we're going to play doesn't change.
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My whole life, I've always had to be surrounded by creative things. I find it relaxing to be in touch with creations by other people.
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I Still Approach A Scene As One Would Approach A Guitar Solo. You Don't Exactly Know How You're Going To Phrase This Or That. Which I Think Is Beautiful. That Idea Of Chance.
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I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I'd rather be that than a big writer with bad ideas.
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Starting out, they told me: 'You're a good-looking guy. We'll put you in this role, and you can be a conduit for the audience into this side of the story.' But I've grown up, and that's not what I want anymore. My concept of the job I do has evolved. And it is a job, nothing more.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is, precisely, the conjunction of learning and inspiration. Oh, the passion for research and the joy of discovery!
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But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story.
