Jeffrey Eugenides Quotes
Well, marriage doesn't function in the way it used to in terms of deciding our fate, but it's in our heads, and it determines a lot of our actions. Like, right now, if you think about gay marriage - and they just started having the first gay marriages in New York - it shows what a potent idea marriage remains for people.
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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Certainly there are things in life that money can't buy, but it's very funny - Did you ever try buying them without money?
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I think I've been really good at surrounding myself with really talented people. I've picked the right coattails to ride on.
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My plan was to stay in Canada to make films.
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I believe that incentivized prizing is the best solution to help unlock the answers to the some of the profound problems that plague our planet.
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I grew up thinking it was wonderful to be big and strong and to be able to knock down other children in the playground if I needed to. But I never felt the need.
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I own a guitar, a piano, a bass.
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I want to have an impact on my son.
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I'll be a wife and mother first, then First Lady.
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I still use the guitar pretty much just to hide my gut.
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Some artists get so comfortable now after even one or two albums and think, 'I'm the biggest artist in the world,' but it's like, yeah, you are for now, but you've gotta work so that you're remembered further, and that's what I'm trying to do.
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Most of the cast and crew on 'Mama's Family' have been together since the 'Carol Burnett' days, so we work really well together. It's like I'm being paid to pretend I'm in show business.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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Sometimes, I sit down to sketch at the unearthly hour of 3 in the morning!
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I never wanted to be one of those actors with a political agenda.
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Richard Nixon was the best thing that ever happened to journalism. I mean this guy was wonderful. Just when you thought he could get no worse, he got worse.
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Everybody loves vampire stories, and if there's one show in particular that's done really well, it just opens the door and the opportunity for more of those kind of stories to get through.
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I'm not very good with stills. I get all twitchy.
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Innocence is a pretty dangerous thing, you know. Revisit Dostoevsky's 'The Idiot' or, for that matter, Greene's 'The Quiet American' to find out how destructive it can be.
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Men no longer prefer blondes. Today gentlemen seem to prefer gentlemen.
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You might say that the very best that can happen is to have energetic opponents.
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I'm filled with a new joy mixed with old grief.
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Well, marriage doesn't function in the way it used to in terms of deciding our fate, but it's in our heads, and it determines a lot of our actions. Like, right now, if you think about gay marriage - and they just started having the first gay marriages in New York - it shows what a potent idea marriage remains for people.
