Brian Selznick Quotes
A lot of times, people complain about how books and stories change when they're translated to the screen. But I think sometimes people forget that a lot of changes have to be made because we're not in a book when we're watching a movie.
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When companies get big, they slow down. They're not as exciting. If you want to get something done, it takes a lot of time and a lot of meetings.
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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I didn't want to be a slave to any passion anymore. I gave up card playing altogether, even bridge and gambling - more or less. It took me a few years to get out of it.
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It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
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When I was doing all this acting stuff, all these kids, like, assumed, 'Oh, my God, you're on TV, and you probably have a lot of money.' And I was living in a garage.
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The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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Sometimes I talk to religious people about my column or what I do, and I ask them to, you know, read 20 or 30 of them and then come tell me that the message at the heart of every column isn't, 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.' In every possible sense.
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Gran Metalik was a student in CMLL when I was there as a teenager, and I was in main events and big time matches, so I used to see him in the gym all the time.
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Whatever we put our attention on will grow stronger in our life.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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The pace of Swedish crime fiction is slower - Stieg Larsson's the exception. And I think we use the environment more.
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Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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Dancing doesn't have a language.
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At the after-party of the Indy 500, I'm usually wearing jeans and a tank top.
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I had short hair for a while, but I ended up loving it.
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A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.
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What makes Gucci Mane Gucci Mane is like what made Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra - it's just him. He's trap's Frank Sinatra.
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Wouldn't it be lovely if there were no such things as birth certificates? If I really thought I was 53, life would be much better. I'd love to blow up all the birth certificates.
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Once you educate yourself, you're left with choices.
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People don't care how you feel. You need to paint pictures, you need to tell stories. That's what people want. They want to be entertained. Then all of the other stuff kind of filters across as part of the whole thing.
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A lot of times, people complain about how books and stories change when they're translated to the screen. But I think sometimes people forget that a lot of changes have to be made because we're not in a book when we're watching a movie.
