Donna Tartt Quotes
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I can no longer walk in the street. That's over.
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I just want to do my job.
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A man's primary fantasy is access to a variety of attractive women without the fear of rejection.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.
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I know how to make the difference. When I make the difference, I often do it at the end of the match, and that shows that I am fresh.
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I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
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My idea is just to do something different each time; the next thing I do has to be completely different to the thing I've done before - that's what I try and do, because you know, I'm an actor, not a film star.
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I played with Michy for Belgium. He is still young; he can finish and is very good. He just needs to adapt to English football, and he will. He is intelligent and a good player.
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I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and don't let anyone tell you you can't. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
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America is another name for opportunity.
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If I don't create, I don't exist.
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Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.
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You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.
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Be slow to speak, and only after having first listened quietly, so that you may understand the meaning, leanings, and wishes of those who do speak. Thus you will better know when to speak and when to be silent.
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You know, I have the best parents in the world and I got really, really lucky because they think that everything I do is Oscar-worthy.
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A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.
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Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.
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I want to be remembered as the football player I was. The private person is nobody's business.
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I love comic books. I just do.
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Everything takes me longer than I expect. It's the sad truth about life.
