Gabrielle Zevin Quotes
There's the tree with the branches that everyone sees, and then there's the upside-down root tree, growing the opposite way. So Earth is the branches, growing in opposing but perfect symmetry. The branches don't think much about the roots, and maybe the roots don't think much about the branches, but all the time, they're connected by the trunk, you know?
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
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Especially working in infectious disease, it's very interesting because these infectious diseases, these agents, they evolve over time. So it's very much an arms race and understanding how each changes to protect itself and to continue. And so it's very much this puzzle-solving but with this great urgency and importance in what you find.
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My stepfather was quite into opera, but he'd play it when he was in a bad mood, so you'd hear this boom through the floor, Wagner, and you'd feel nervous.
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I haven't actually studied acting at all.
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It's pretty far, but it doesn't seem like it.
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I suppose I am one of life's naturally clumsy people; I don't drop stuff all the time, or break things, but I'm just generally a bit flustered.
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The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history.
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I never lose confidence. As soon as you lose confidence, you're done.
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To be happy in this world, first you need a cell phone and then you need an airplane. Then you're truly wireless.
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The vast concourse of people who had assembled to witness the triumphant arrival of the successful travellers was of the lowest orders of mechanics and artisans, among whom great distress and a dangerous spirit of discontent with the government at that time prevailed.
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Because of lies, we can produce and invent a possible world.
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Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.
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My goal is just to make movies, whether they're big or small, that I'd like to see 10 years from now.
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Each generation must recreate liberty for its own times.
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As for the Canadians - good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they're good enough.
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A lot of people meet me and they're like, 'Why aren't you crazy?'
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'Last Man On Earth' is just one of the most original projects I've ever been involved with.
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I miss my 'Facts of Life' family. But I had been preparing myself to leave the show for some time before we called it quits.
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And the success of the union movement, historically, has always been to benefit all working men and women - not just people who belong to the union.
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It's the music. Your heart is in your ears.
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There's the tree with the branches that everyone sees, and then there's the upside-down root tree, growing the opposite way. So Earth is the branches, growing in opposing but perfect symmetry. The branches don't think much about the roots, and maybe the roots don't think much about the branches, but all the time, they're connected by the trunk, you know?
