Jeannette Walls Quotes
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I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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These rules may seem simple enough, but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But if carried out in the strict sense of the word it will surely lead to a greater success than could otherwise be attained.
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My hunger is always there.
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I would like to direct.
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I am going to change the world, and I'm talking to everybody in the possible world that I can get to that can help me to do that.
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To be slandered the way I get slandered is really uncalled for, but life goes on.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.
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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.
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I have everything that I could possibly want in life, from a gorgeous granddaughter and a wonderful wife, brilliant students, the best job anyone could hope for, and about half of my hair. Not the half I would have kept, but no one consulted me.
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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I wasn't in shape at all before I decided to do boxing. I wasn't an athlete. Before boxing, I would go to the gym for a month and stop.
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I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.
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I'm no Leonardo DiCaprio.
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To be seen and to be respected for my work and acknowledged as a true American Latina... means a lot to me.
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I could cut my leg of; I could cut my arm off. I could gouge my eye out - I'd still probably survive, but not very well, and that's what we're doing to the ocean. It's the life support system of this planet. We've been dumping in it, we've been polluting it, we've been destroying it for decades, and we're essentially maiming ourselves.
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The Nationalists peddle a misplaced cultural conceit that holds that everyone south of the Solway Firth is an austerity loving Tory.
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When creativity melds together with global issues, I believe you can bring the world together.
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Writing isn't about the destination-writing is the journey that transforms the soul and gives meaning to all else.
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Everything in life is gray, you know.
