Gabrielle Zevin Quotes
I did learn something about insanity while I was down there. People go crazy, not because they are crazy, but because it's the best available option at the time.
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During three decades, along all the highways of my youth, Frank had always been there for me.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
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The American Revolution was carried out in the name of the people, and it was supposedly 'We, the people,' who created the government that Americans still live under.
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But Charlie, Charlie, how can we ever really know anything? Charlie, what or who is God?
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Nobody should be sent indefinitely into detention; everybody should have their day in court.
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I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
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The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct.
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I just respect Kanye as an artist.
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I started out in Scotland, not as a footballer of any note, and I didn't play to draw the attention of people abroad.
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When I graduated, I was director of my school's sketch comedy group, and I knew that I wanted to be writing and performing my own sketch comedy. It kind of made me want to do my own one-person sketch group.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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We shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolivia. It took us 50 hours to get to the location. We shot in high altitudes, and oxygen cylinders were kept handy.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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There are grave misgivings that the discussion on ecology may be designed to distract attention from the problems of war and poverty.
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There is a kind of structure for a story that was peculiarly compelling for the radio. I thought I had invented it atom-by-atom sitting in an editing booth in Washington on M Street when I was in my 20s. Then I found out that it is one of the oldest forms of telling a story - it was the structure of a sermon.
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It's aggravating that Hollywood has never gotten credit for the role it played in promoting modern design.
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The idea of collaborating with anyone else was quite daunting. If Battles had any trepidation in asking me, I can assure you I had more after agreeing to do it.
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I'm the youngest of five – three girls and two boys. There was one record player for the seven of us. It was good for me, because I got to hear everyone else's music.
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People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.
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I'm a cat whisperer. When I go to people's houses, their cats always like me better than the owners.
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You can't worry what people think.
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I did learn something about insanity while I was down there. People go crazy, not because they are crazy, but because it's the best available option at the time.
