Matthew Pearl Quotes
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That crossover of whether it's entertainment or news is the biggest crock of b.s. in television today, because it's all entertainment.
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So, deadpan I think just means not acknowledging for one second that you think that this is funny and clever.
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Family comes out whenever we know it's gonna be steady on a run that's continuous.
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We need leaders who will stand unapologetically in defense of marriage.
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People are making judgements about Russian people based on me. This is why I never allow myself any aggression towards my opponent.
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I love anything to do with history.
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If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it.
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I don't want to see blood spewing out but I don't mind it in controlled environment. Does it make me squeamish? No.
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I want to try everything.
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Elaine Equi has been publishing her observant, often playful poetry for some 30 years, extending and deepening the range of her intrinsically wry voice.
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My influences change all the time; they have to remain current, because they're the things that capture your imagination and make you want to go into the studio.
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You can always turn a bad kisser into a good one.
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Israel is stronger than all those who curse it.
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I will come to know when my time's up, and when it is, I will exit gracefully. I will not hang around till I am kicked out.
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There have been times when people who weren't my friends all of a sudden became my friend. I won't allow them to use me, but I have been pretty lucky to have friends who have supported me and who I have known since I was 12. They are still the same and they don't treat me any different.
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By resisting almost any change aimed at improving our public schools, teachers' unions have become a ripe target for reformers across the ideological spectrum.
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I know that I cannot be with a person for three hours without saying at least ten things that would kill me.
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Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.
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Without really analyzing it, I grew up in Massachusetts, so the Salem witch trials were always something that I was around. The average kindergartner probably doesn't know about it, except that in Massachusetts, you do, because they'll take you on field trips to see reenactments and stuff.
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'Homeland' is great at challenging our preconceived ideas.
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Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn out comes the sun. Longing is followed by the vision of God.
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We're programmed to believe that time is the enemy, that it takes away from us or that it diminishes us. I have found that it's done the opposite to me. Life is in perfect balance. It's just that our perception of it isn't.
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I'm not really managing the work-life balance, I'm just accepting that the work increases and the ordinary life has to decrease when you're the prime minister.
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...and luckily I have enough in my head to balance what is wanting in my back.
