Gabrielle Zevin Quotes
People are capable of great, great change during the span of one lifetime. And women even more than men.
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All I can start with is what moves me and feels like a great challenge as an actor and I think is saying something unusual or irreverent or human - honest in some way.
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The FHA literally drew up the redlining map and then basically distributed - I'm sorry, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation actually did it, and then distributed to banks who used that as policy to determine how they would lend and who they would lend to. The racism in the system was pervasive and total.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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Spontaneity is what travel is all about.
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There is no such thing as a perfect player; it doesn't exist.
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I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.
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I'm not an agent from any government, even if some of you may not believe it. I'm not. I'm a peacemaker.
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He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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In my experience, great reviews almost always ensure no sales.
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I'll never get out of politics. I have friends in public office. I have things that I want to do. You can't go back in life. I won't go back to the existence I had before of running a political consulting firm and signing up clients and advising campaigns in exactly that way.
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The vast majority of Muslims living here are peaceful citizens. Unfortunately, however, we also see religious and political fanaticism among Muslim groups in Germany.
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War is the ultimate tool of politics.
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GaGa is one of my favourites. Her voice is incredible and she's fearless and she's ahead of the game. She's ahead of the entire game, and I admire that.
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There are certain songs that just stick around and do something that transcends whatever time they were written in. Through different eras, people are able to impart different meaning to the song, and they become part of some sort of consciousness.
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Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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If you do like what you do, you're cooperating and sharing.
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I became a writer because I love books, and I believe in their power.
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I'm actively looking at pilots in the very limited pilot season that is about to begin. Lots of work for my clothing line which is extremely exciting.
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I have very much been a guy who's acknowledged how many women have directed me, have produced... it's been unbelievable.
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The great thing about the dead, they make space.
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People are capable of great, great change during the span of one lifetime. And women even more than men.
