Jennifer Konner Quotes
I just went insane. I just, like, couldn't get off of Twitter. It was like, 'I guess this is where I live now - talking about Emily Gould on Twitter'.
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I don't fault my former law firm for running their business like a business or expecting their new hire to be worth the obscene rate she was billed out at, but fun it was not.
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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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The team needs me out there on the field. And sometimes you allow that to jeopardize yourself, but that's just the nature of the world.
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A good lie detector doesn't jump to conclusions but tries to understand the person across the table, her personality, and her motivations. Your goal as a lie spotter isn't to point the finger and say, 'You're lying' - your goal is to get to the truth.
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Secretly, I think everyone who makes fun of California really does want to be in California.
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As a kid, I was always very thin, and I kind of didn't know that I was skinny.
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I condemn everyone and anyone who commits acts of terrorism. And Hamas has committed acts of terrorism.
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When I'm dancing, I don't know where the confidence comes from, but I just pretend I'm someone else, I think, and then I go out and dance.
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In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber.
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I can't tell you how many times I've been writing and then found myself seven clicks deep into a Wikipedia entry that I don't even care about. Self-distraction appears to be my version of sleepwalking.
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Of course I used to smile and laugh in 1976, but not when I was competing. Please show me somebody who laughs when they are concentrating; I always smiled.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.
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About a year after leaving drama school or a year and a half - and I was working solidly ever since leaving drama school - I picked up 'Game of Thrones.'
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Dressing for yourself and not a man is definitely something I advocate.
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I just want to be a little more real. Maybe I'm a little bit darker than others.
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I've known Mark Hughes for half a lifetime. We joined Barcelona in the same summer of 1986, played together under Terry Venables and Luis Aragones, and have kept in touch ever since.
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I am always attracted to the moments when a person who is associated with a certain message, image or sensibility evolves. I am very interested in how audiences respond to that maturation and absorb the evolution.
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Costco is a passion. Costco is like a massage.
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I'm a really good driver. I've been driving since I was very small, and I do like driving fast. I remember the first time my dad taught me that when you go into a corner you change down then put your foot right down on the way out. I'm very competitive about driving.
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Why write for the orchestra? For one thing it's a very challenging problem.
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I'm an active author: I travel to give readings and talks, although I know it's risky.
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I just went insane. I just, like, couldn't get off of Twitter. It was like, 'I guess this is where I live now - talking about Emily Gould on Twitter'.
