Blake Lively Quotes
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During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.
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The only way to support a revolution is to make your own.
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I had this 'War and Peace' thing of wanting to experience war as a kind of incredible human enterprise. I even applied to Officer Candidate School. Then the practical side of me kicked in and I thought, 'I really don't want to get drafted.' So I went down to the physical and checked every psychological disorder and drug on the medical history form.
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So far, the biggest regret I have in regards to the world of 'Red Queen' is that I didn't get to world-build enough. I don't think I did enough work explaining how the world came to be, and while I'm planning to go more into it, I'm a greedy writer, and I'm always going to wish I had more room to delve into the complexities of a fantasy realm.
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Unless you are Stephen King, a book signing is attended by maybe 40 or 50 people.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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In very simple language, Morrie always seems to be able to explain something that other people would take a chapter for, you know.
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I've never been someone who needs a lot of takes or enjoys a lot of takes. I like the fast thing of it.
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I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.
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Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.
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I run a solid 4-6 miles at a time, and over the last year two years I've gotten really into SoulCycle. It's sort of an evolved form of spinning.
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In disposition the Negro is joyous, flexible, and indolent; while the many nations which compose this race present a singular diversity of intellectual character, of which the far extreme is the lowest grade of humanity.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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I'd probably put myself in the top 1% in knowledge of blight in the city of Detroit.
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In real life, coincidences happen all the time. In novels, they are leapt upon with fury.
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A lot of artists don't like the sound of their voice. They're put off by it.
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Being a wrestler is like walking on the treadmill of life. You get off it and it just keeps going.
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Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis.
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I really want women to appreciate their power. It was obvious to me that lots of people are comfortable with power, and they see what it can do, but women's expression of it was never as comprehensive as it could be. It seemed like an amazing gift that Oxygen could give.
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Newton took no exercise, indulged in no amusements, and worked incessantly, often spending eighteen or nineteen hours out of the twenty-four in writing.
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Growing up with three brothers and three sisters, I was the storyteller of the family... what my mother called 'The Liar.'
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In 1967, I found out I was losing my hearing. I went 10 years without any help. I had otosclerosis - hardening of the bone in the middle of the ear.
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Then I started to do furniture and interiors for a friend and just to get stuff in a magazine, and then slowly started to build up and started to doing exhibitions.
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I grew up in L.A., but I was the only one in my family born there.
