Matt Haig Quotes
How clear can I put this? I am not denying female oppression; I am trying to stop it by calling for a more fluid masculinity.
Quotes to Explore
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I always wanted to do things on my own terms, and unfortunately in this industry, that's not something that is easily given. You're at the mercy of other people, but then you still have that drive to continue on. That's an equation for a lot of heartbreak.
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Male critics and men in the publishing industry want from their women writers what they want from their wives. I'm interested in presenting characters that are more challenging, threatening, complicated and unpredictable.
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Revenge doesn't stop.
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I would love the opportunity to create my own program. I feel like a TV show with a format of monologue with lots of sketches thrown in could be really fun. But you know, that may never happen. Minimally, I just want to keep making stand-up.
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Mark Ruffalo is just an amazing guy and an amazing director.
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Many African-American men are incarcerated. And so African-American women do carry an enormous burden. And traditionally have carried a greater burden than perhaps their white counterparts.
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Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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I have heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking, normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines.
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Without troublesome work, no one can have any concrete, full idea of what pure mathematical research is like or of the profusion of insights that can be obtained from it.
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I have to prove myself in a lot of ways - as an actor, as a person, as someone who can handle pressure.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
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People want you to fail.
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Everything I do is blown out of proportion. It really hurts my feelings.
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I fought well at 155, but I don't think I ever came close to my best at 155. I think I'll get to my best at 170 pounds.
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David Lynch helped me be cool.
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When I sat down with the creators of the show [Longmire], back when we were first starting to do the pilot, Branch was not that interesting on the page. What really sold me on the show and the character was their vision for him. It took the whole first season to flesh him out.
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If a writer is always trying to keep a narrator emitting a tone of complete knowingness, it can become false.
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Outlaw consciousness is born the moment I drop out, stop the world, cease being an actor identified with the mythic roles I have been playing in society. Change begins when I do nothing except observe. The wisdom of the railroad crossing: Stop. Look. Listen. Meditation is the healthy form of voyeurism.
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In my life I have always found ways of dealing with a situation.
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How clear can I put this? I am not denying female oppression; I am trying to stop it by calling for a more fluid masculinity.
