John D'Agata Quotes
It's almost impossible that an argument would naturally form the kind of arch that it does in 'Lifespan'. So, the conversation is constructed.
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When you're a producer and an artist you're very critical of yourself. I like to produce other people, but I'm not that good at producing myself.
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People should be able to express their culture without getting into all that chauvinistic thing.
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Whatever you have a passion for, then you must do. If you want to write, write about something you know about.
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I enjoy going out by myself... always have, always will. I don't have security guards, and, for the most part, I enjoy meeting new people. I see myself as a regular guy who likes playing video games with his nieces and nephews and poker with his family. I don't have an art collection or take exotic vacations. I enjoy being at home.
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I'm pretty obsessed with Sara Bareilles. She is so talented, and I feel like I would learn so much from her.
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I want to write without shame or pride or over-compensation in one direction or another. To write freely.
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There is nothing deeper than to work for a year with the same artist.
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I ain't never nervous. Never nervous.
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I wrote my first play when I was eight.
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My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world, and exiles me from it.
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In any society, there will be the whole spectrum of views. You will get the extremists on the far right and also the far left.
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My aunts told wonderful stories. Not to me, but to each other. We had a very strong family. My mother's sisters loved each other intensely. The uncles loved each other intensely.
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Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man.
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It's a confidence booster for me to be known as a female who can take on any action, which is nice, to have that reputation, because then people know that when they hire me, I can actually do the physical stuff.
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Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself.
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The critic does not pass judgment on the work; rather, art itself passes judgment, either by taking up the work in the medium of criticism or by rejecting it and thereby appraising it as beneath all criticism.
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'The Walking Dead' never wants you to get too comfortable with characters and cast members. I think about the time you feel fairly secure with your appreciation of a character is about the time the show will gut-punch you.
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Violent ideologies can proliferate and spread; threats are no longer contained by borders and oceans; and adversaries are as likely to be found in cyberspace as on the battlefield.
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I would live in a world of Christ-like humans, but not one full of Christians, may God forgive me.
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Customer freedom! Don't dictate how I want to watch my TV!
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I am not here as my party's nominee. I am unique among the 100 senators in that regard.
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Since we have to speak well of the dead, let's knock them while they're alive.
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I don't remember too many rounds where you get shots given to you. Usually, ones are taken away.
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It's almost impossible that an argument would naturally form the kind of arch that it does in 'Lifespan'. So, the conversation is constructed.
