Dennis Lehane Quotes
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.
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It's just incredible how people come up to me and say, 'Gabby, you inspire me to do anything I can set my mind to.' It's truly an honor.
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Every bad thing that's happened to me has defined me, has shaped, has moulded me.
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Disciples of Keynes, who focus on aggregate demand, view any increase in household wealth as raising employment because they say it adds to consumer demand.
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The first president I met was L. B. J.
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The most important thing is to just be good at what you do. You do a good job playing the character, and people will be taken up with your character, not your clothes.
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Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.
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I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up.
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You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed.
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I love to play chess. The last time I was playing, I started to really see the board. I don't mean just seeing a few moves ahead - something else. My game started getting better. It's the patterns. The patterns are universal.
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Most of the tasks we do are for humans. For example, a tax calculation is counting numbers so the government can pull money out from my wallet, but government consists of humans.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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I'm into menswear slacks that are comfortable.
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I love physical kinds of comedy and getting down and dirty and doing stunts. When I was growing up, I was always getting into fights with guys and usually punching out boys my age because I was a lot bigger and tougher. So I'm naturally accustomed to putting myself into the headspace of a girl who can take care of herself.
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I remember when I was in third grade, I was in a classroom, and the teacher said, 'What do you want to do when you get older?' We were going around the room. I said, 'I want to be a professional basketball player.' She's like, 'That's not realistic.' I thought to myself, 'OK, watch.'
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I have the rare privilege of talking to my dad every night at 10 p.m. and hearing about what he did that day.
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The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
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When you make a decision to forgive it's a decision that you have to make intellectually.
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The industrial thing came about mainly through giving up trying to write pop songs in the early '90s. I don't think I was ever very good at pop music and as soon as I stopped trying, and started to write more the things I loved, it became much heavier and more aggressive.
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I think when actors run away from their work that they're slightly crazy, really!
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Oh, talking about private school, man, I had cornrows, and when I picked 'em out, certain people that didn't look like me always wanted to touch 'em. One time, I just said, 'Yo, hell no.'
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People know the broad strokes of what it's like to be Spider-Man, but I wanted to really get into the details.
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I love to write, so it rarely seems like work - even when it gets arduous.
