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 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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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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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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American democracy in the past has always been known for its large middle class and its relatively few very wealthy people and very few very poor people, but that is gone to today and the middle class is shrinking.
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There are realities we all share, regardless of our nationality, language, or individual tastes. As we need food, so do we need emotional nourishment: love, kindness, appreciation, and support from others.
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To talk about planning an economic system is to talk in old terms, and I find myself sometimes having to teach Westers about what the market really means.
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I've come to realize I'm more spiritual than I am religious. What I mean by this: As far as praying to God goes, I'm more about looking inside for inner guidance - tapping into our own abundantly powerful inner resources - which, I suppose, is where some might say God does indeed reside.
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I wish I could just be in the movies and still enjoy everything else like a normal person.
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There's not a day that William and I don't wish that she was... we don't wish that she was still around, and we wonder what kind of a mother she would be now, and what kind of a public role she would have, and what a difference she would be making.
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Like I said on my bio on my webpage, I was born at an early age, I was close to my mother.
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Oh, so they have internet on computers now!
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Everything takes me longer than I expect. It's the sad truth about life.
