Laird Barron Quotes
My paternal grandfather was a failed novelist. He stacked boxes of rejected manuscripts in a closet.
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I want my shows to be eerie and mysterious.
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I watch 'Entourage.' I aspire the good life that they live and lead. Honestly, I am just trying to be me by trying to do good films, have fun at it and trying to work with good directors, and, of course, I am a bit of a silent party boy, also. I have my share of fun sometime, too.
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I would never share my daughter's wardrobe. Every five years you have to go through your wardrobe and say, 'This is possible, this is not possible.' But you have to be happy with yourself.
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It was a small provincial place with great people and I had a happy childhood growing up in Queens.
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I don't feel that I've had a life of abuse or that I am a victim in any way. My life is pretty typical of a lot of Americans of my generation who grew up in the sixties in families like mine that were sort of unconventional.
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As a kid, I dreamed of being a pop star, a glamorous woman and traveling the world. And I've done that all my life.
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To go behind a man's hall-door is mean, cowardly, unfair opposition.
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I don't necessarily like being defined by my profession.
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Although I was born into the America that experiences and believes in opportunity, my trips to Ferguson, Detroit, Atlanta, and Chicago have revealed that there is an undercurrent of unease.
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Nickelback offered me a full-membership position. That's a great thing.
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College professors used to be badly paid and worth it. Colleges used to be modest institutions; they should go back to being modest institutions.
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I'm often daydreaming, and it's because I've always liked the idea of there being something more than the normal world.
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Zef is the underbelly of the Afrikaans culture, but it also, like, is Afrikaans culture.
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No one’s personal life is in the public interest. It’s gossip, bottom line. End of story.
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Tell me who I've got to be, to get some reciprocity.
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Hip-Hop isn't just music, it is also a spiritual movement of the blacks! You can't just call Hip-Hop a trend!
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What has happened along the Gulf Coast is nothing short of a humanitarian crisis, ... The Congress is committed to providing the funding necessary to not only offer immediate relief to the victims of Hurricane Katrina but to also help rebuild their lives and get them back on their feet.
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You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is 'never try'.
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I knew that if I failed I wouldn't regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.
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Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.
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I've always had it inside - this ability to read people, how to get into someone else's head and help them with their problems. And I love when people trust me with their feelings and I can get into any kind of dialogue with them about their inner stuff. I think it's the thing I enjoy most besides modeling.
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My paternal grandfather was a failed novelist. He stacked boxes of rejected manuscripts in a closet.
