James Lapine Quotes
I've grown more and more appreciative of good writing, and I now really hope I can become a better and better writer.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
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To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year's Eve in San Francisco.
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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It's no easy task to either make money online as a publisher or to advertise your product in a world where attention is so fleeting and divided.
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It's very likely that I will finish my career as Swiss national coach.
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I like being unconventional.
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When I got my Oprah money, the first thing I bought was a really nice electronic bidet toilet seat.
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When you're a teenage girl, a lot of being pretty has to do with your hair.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.
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And it just made me realize again because I have know it for some time, that you never get comfortable in this. No matter who you are. No matter who... how successful you are.
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I don't want to be someone else.
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I was shocked when 'The Hobbit' ended where it ended. I wasn't paying attention to what they were doing; I didn't know they had another movie, and I couldn't believe it was when the dragon came out.
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Growing up in India, I knew all I needed to change the world was one good opportunity, and I prepared myself for it. When that opportunity came - in the form of the chance to earn an engineering degree - I was ready.
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I prefer drawing the things I've written to handing them off to another artist. Turns out I'm a huge control freak - and because I write in thumbnails, the art is already happening by the time I start writing!
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For the stage displays the first vigorous expression, as the natural thing and without conspicuous restraint, of private individuality.
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I came out the box and for seven years I had a huge career. And then it's done, it's dumped. But I ain't gone, and I refuse to be gone.
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I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.
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If you're writing a thriller, mystery, Western or adventure-driven book, you'd better keep things moving rapidly for the reader. Quick pacing is vital in certain genres. It hooks readers, creates tension, deepens the drama, and speeds things along.
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I was a college student in 1989 when I participated in the demonstration at Tiananmen Square. I was one of the organizers.
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Watch the turtle. He only moves forward by sticking his neck out.
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Having a wife and kids drove home the brutal reality of the slave system for me - the price it exacted on families. On the other hand, whenever I despair over our history, I am brought back to hope, the hope that things will get better, for my children.
Colson Whitehead -
I've grown more and more appreciative of good writing, and I now really hope I can become a better and better writer.
