Brian Selznick Quotes
Sometimes, I have themes that interest me or that touch on larger issues but, really, I'm just trying to figure out the plot, or how the characters work. I'm trying to make the best story I possibly can.
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Free people make the only milieu possible in society for the full gift of one's self to church, state, and family. Free people enjoy and sustain and feel with one another because they live for one another. The paths of life are intermingled lives.
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I'm not even sure I have a style! All I know for sure is I don't want to look like everyone else.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.
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I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else.
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If you come to my house, you won't see a wall of trophies or things like that. I'm sort of 'on to the next thing' all the time.
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Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision.
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My dream role is Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion.
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I don't really see myself as a celebrity, but more as a sort of mitre.
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Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.
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I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.
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Pictures must not be too picturesque.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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I've never been in a relationship before. I've only been in unrequited relationships where people haven't loved me back. I guess I'm a little bit attracted to that in a bad way.
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I love everything to be organized and clean... all the time.
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If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.
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I'm influenced by all types of music.
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It was an extremely trying time for me. Best was still intimate with MacLeod and the others about the laboratory. I was out of the picture entirely. MacLeod had taken over the whole physiological investigation. Collip had taken over the biochemistry. Professor Graham and Dr. Campbell had taken over the whole clinical aspect of the investigation.
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I have a bad sweet tooth. I'm pretty good when I have to eat well for work, but otherwise, I could eat a whole roll of raw cookie dough.
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I don't get butterflies. I get a good feeling in my stomach before I compete. When I don't, I get worried.
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Our house was like a hotel. It was a loony-tunes household. If you got arrested in high school, everyone knew: 'Call Mrs. Evans; she'll bail you out.'
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Sometimes, I have themes that interest me or that touch on larger issues but, really, I'm just trying to figure out the plot, or how the characters work. I'm trying to make the best story I possibly can.
