Jenny Han Quotes
You don't really know when the last time you're going to do something is; the middle can often be a bit blurry. Firsts are very potent.
Quotes to Explore
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We want to use the environment to shift the way our society works.
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When my lady and I sit down and watch TV, I find she gets annoyed at characters because they don't do what she would do in the situation. I'm always like, 'Well, she has to do that because that's what the story is.'
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People expect me to be that guy. But I'm more east London boy than east Baltimore.
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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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The hardest thing about being an unpublished writer is that there's always that voice in your head that asks if you're really being a fool. You might just really stink and not know it. You have to have a lot of blind faith in the process. You have to like it so much that you're going to do it anyway.
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Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such a huge part of our lives.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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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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The thing about Drew Goddard and Mike Schur is that they are legit geniuses, and they love storytelling. They love creating worlds, love messing with the audience; they love doing things that we don't expect. To get to be a part of that is too good to be true.
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Horseback riding is my passion. Other than work. People can't imagine me getting dirty, but that's what I love about it.
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I tend not to have any references to anything. I just jump into the script in front of me. If you reference too much, you have no idea if the performances are right.
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One of the trickiest things about 'Game of Thrones' is just seeding those first couple of episodes with that basic information that people need to know, both about the world and the ground rules of the world, and the relationships between the characters, as far as who means what to whom and why.
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Government is the ultimate monopoly. And monopolies, as any economist will tell you, often breed complacency and a lack of innovation.
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Our fate is determined by how far we are prepared to push ourselves to stay alive - the decisions we make to survive. We must do whatever it takes to endure and make it through alive.
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My sister taught me addition and subtraction and multiplication and division, so by the time I got to school, I knew it all, and when we'd do the times tables, I was just focused on doing it faster than anybody else. I already had the information, so it just got me to focus on excellence.
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Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.
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The problem with nutrient-by-nutrient nutrition science is that it takes the nutrient out the context of the food, the food out of the context of the diet, and the diet out of the context of the lifestyle.
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Traditions tell us where we have come from. Scripture itself is a better guide as to where we should now be going.
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Once you've hypnotised someone once, you can pretty much put them under instantly any time you meet them afterwards.
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You need the willingness to fail all the time.
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Then we're going to take a lot of time off because in the last three years we've been touring continuously.
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You don't really know when the last time you're going to do something is; the middle can often be a bit blurry. Firsts are very potent.
