Meg Wolitzer Quotes
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I'm not a fan of any genre but am a fan of movies that are intelligent and/or funny. That goes across all genres: a horror movie, a zombie movie, alien invaders, chick flick, or raunchy comedy. If it's well done, I'm a fan.
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Even though I am the daughter of a poet, and my stepmother is also a poet, growing up, I didn't think I could understand poetry; I didn't think that it had any relevance to my life, the feelings that I endured on a day-to-day basis, until I was introduced to the right poem.
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Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.
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I have this first album that sells more than 100,000 copies in its first week, debuts at number two, goes gold, the single goes platinum, we're doing Madison Square Garden.
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It is standard practice for corrupt leaders who are seeking a certain political outcome to hype or manipulate a terror threat or a threat of violent domestic subversion. While sometimes the threat is manufactured, frequently the hyped threat is based on a real danger.
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Fortuitous circumstances constitute the moulds that shape the majority of human lives, and the hasty impress of an accident is too often regarded as the relentless decree of all ordaining fate.
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It seemed like most of the memories faded before they had time to form. And after a while, my life with my father seemed like a familiar story or a distant dream.
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If we get a few solid festival shows then I will have no problem booking the lads for as many quality club shows around them to make a nice tour come together.
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I am that guy who will say things that people seem to think is a little edgy, a little racy.
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I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.
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There's so much bullying with young people and them feeling like they can't come out, and they don't know what to do. And it's something that you have to work through. And, you know, for me, it was - I came out, and then I went back in for a minute. And then I came out, and I was like, 'You know what? This is who I am.'
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It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins.
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I try to have fun with the fans, try to have fun.
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I'm a huge Wonder Woman fan - I have about 12 coffee mugs at home!
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During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show that sending aid to foreign governments creates allegiance, it does not lead to economic progress.
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Growing up, I thought I was going to be Madonna. I wanted to be a pop star. I wanted to dance and sing.
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I just try to be myself, whatever that is. I don't think about how I'll be remembered. I just want to be consistent over a long period of time. That's what the great players do.
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The kind of audience I'm speaking to is a very wide range of people.
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I had a dialect coach to get an American accent, and then another dialect coach to come off it a bit. There is something deep and mysterious in the voice when it isn't too high-pitched American.
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...most men and women will yield to the strong currents sucking them into the seas of ruin. Only the strongest in mind and spirit will swim against that current.
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I don't remember my dreams too much. I hardly have ever gotten ideas from nighttime dreams. But I love daydreaming and dream logic and the way dreams go.
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There is nothing you can control about love.
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I concentrate on doing good projects.
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Good writing is good writing, and I'm so happy when I read it.
