Matt de la Pena Quotes
I've always wanted to write about the other side of the tracks, the have-nots, maybe because that's who I was.
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Anyone who says they want to make a game that becomes a cult classic is kinda screwy, right? I mean, you want to reach the largest audience you can.
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The attractive lady whom I had only recently been introduced to dropped into my lap... I chose not to dump her off.
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I think it's a lot harder for the pros to have a long career in ice dance and in pairs. It seems the singles have a little bit of a longer career.
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I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.
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When people connect to my work, it makes me feel great. A lot of that stuff is really deep, and when I play something and people feel what I feel, and use it in important situations in their lives, like at weddings or funerals, that's so powerful. It means I can connect with them on an important level.
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I love the medium and I love individual comics, but the business is nothing I would be proud of.
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The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.
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If you're last in your class at Harvard, it doesn't feel like you're a good student, even though you really are. It's not smart for everyone to want to go to a great school.
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Parenthood, like death, is an event for which it is nearly impossible to be prepared. It brings you into a new relationship with the fact of your own existence, a relationship in which one may be rendered helpless.
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Search for beauty without features, something deeper than any signs.
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Revolutionaries are not infallible.
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When I'm in show mode, I can't even think about putting on makeup; I just have to be centered.
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Every week brings to us 10,080 minutes That is our capital. How shall we use it to get the utmost benefit?
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We're going through the Olympics. We're watching women working as teams. We're watching men working as teams. We're watching all working as teams. We're proud of men and women getting medals. That's how the Navy should be working.
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Years of research in psychology has shown that rewards and punishments can be very effective in changing behavior. But, at the same time, they can create an addiction to rewards and punishments.
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Donald Trump, you already know. We can't have that guy in office.
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I like the idea of taking off like a bird.
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I call everyone 'Darling' because I can't remember their names.
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I crack jokes all the time. Even when I have a fight, I will make a joke, and people will laugh.
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A large-scale crisis - whether a terrorist attack or a financial crash - would likely provide the pretext to declare some sort of state of exception or emergency, where the usual rules no longer apply.
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I thought it was very elegant, a wonderful opening. The vegans seemed so surprised-God knows what they get to eat.
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I have to practice to be good at guitar. I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one.
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Do not think that one has to be sad in order to be militant, even though the thing one is fighting is abominable.
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I've always wanted to write about the other side of the tracks, the have-nots, maybe because that's who I was.
