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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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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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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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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Some people rehearse to a point where they're robotic, and they sound like they have memorized their presentation and didn't take it to the next level. Going from sounding memorized and canned to sounding natural is a lot of work.
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I've been reading titles from IDW for probably as long as they've been in existence. 'Ninja Turtles' is one of my all-time favorite properties ever. I also love, love, love 'Locke & Key.' I also love some of the things they do with pre-existing properties like 'Transformers' and 'Ghostbusters.'
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Courage comes from acting courageously on a day-to-day basis.
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In America everyone's fast.
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My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me.
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Yes. I did more research than I ever wanted to and saw some things I wish I didn't. I went on ride-alongs, spent time with Homicide, Cold Case, and SVU detectives, hung out in subways learning how to spot pervs and pick-pockets, viewed an autopsy, went to a police firing range, and witnessed court cases and I read, read, read.
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You might think people would buy clothes out of pity, but they won’t. People buy clothes because they want to be excited about themselves. ...it has to be great clothing that just happens to be goody-goody, too.
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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.
