Donald Ray Pollock Quotes
When I was growing up, I always wanted to be somebody else and live somewhere else. I've always felt a little uncomfortable around people.
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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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I think that a lot of women that know they're going to be part of history somehow decide to have a character to be remembered by.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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But I did an awful lot of work in Hollywood, and in New York for that matter.
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True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.
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I grew up being a dancer, so I was always doing some sort of dance number, like the Tornado in 'The Wiz.'
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We're not ever interested in repeating ourselves or doing what people expect us to do, it's such a turn off.
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I'm not an American, but I have this weird connection to America in different ways through my dad living here for five years, my godfather being an American who I'm very close to.
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You get tough when you grow up unloved. People described me as a boyish girl - rather shy, but I didn't show it. I had an attitude. I was rather wild. I lied a lot because I knew the alternative was to be punished. As I got older I realised I didn't have to lie any more and it was a nice feeling. I could be myself.
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In law school, I earned the respect of professors and served on the editorial board of 'The Yale Law Journal.'
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In our world of rampant 'individualisation', relationships are mixed blessings. They vacillate between a sweet dream and a nightmare, and there is no telling when one turns into the other.
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My dad was in the military, yeah. He was in the Air Force, and he was a doctor, so he would go places for six months here, and two years there. And I was home-schooled because I played the violin, and I did a lot of competitions.
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I am not going to say much about the film 'Maidentrip,' but I won't be representing it, as I am not fully standing behind it.
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Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
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Here at this site, Solyndra expects to make enough solar panels each year to generate 500 megawatts of electricity. And over the lifetime of this expanded facility, that could be like replacing as many as eight coal-fired power plants.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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There is no question at all that Manson was sending Tex, Sadie, Katie, and Linda out on his mission of murder.
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As a student I learned from wonderful teachers and ever since then I've thought everyone is a teacher.
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Manufacture dooms in your head and you will go mad. Reality is incontravertible. Also, it will not be anticipated.
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At a certain point, a critical mass of people either have used the Internet or have expectations. Anything less than the free flow of information will be seen as having something taken away. We've seen time and again - in Egypt and Iran, for example - that creates a backlash.
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The truth is, we have this idea that late night is about creativity and being cool, but that's not our job. Our job is to get as many people watching the commercials in between our show. That's the reality of it.
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On '24,' you don't have time to emote and deal with stuff, because stuff just keeps happening. Every other minute, there's something crazy that's happening that's threatening this country.
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When I was growing up, I always wanted to be somebody else and live somewhere else. I've always felt a little uncomfortable around people.
