Megan Abbott Quotes
I think it was Freud who said that we're all arrested at a certain age. For me, it was always 13.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their living guards, had a negative effect on the viewing public. The military in Iraq specifically banned the photographing of wounded soldiers and coffins, thus sanitizing this terrible and bloody conflict.
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Everybody has their struggles.
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I've been to parties in L.A. that are mind-blowing. I mean, quite literally mind-blowing. People get cellphones in the party bag, that sort of thing. Fabulous, fabulous parties.
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I have seen people climbing up and down the ladder of success, and I learnt a lot from them.
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Utahns deserve well thought out policy and plans.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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Life can be a bore if you're constantly walking sidewalks instead of a tightrope once in a while.
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You can find dozens of books about people taking the Trans-Siberian Railroad. I knew I had to do something different to cross Siberia. To drive and to talk with people along the way, that was how I wrote my book 'Great Plains'. I drove and camped in Siberia, but did not have a real program.
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Celtic music will always be around, even if with the mainstream crowds it dies out.
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When I'm singing I feel like I'm talking to someone. I'm in conversation when I perform - either with myself or with whomever is listening.
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In high school, my English teacher Celeste McMenamin introduced me to the great novels and Shakespeare and taught me how to write. Essays, poetry, critical analysis. Writing is a skill that was painful then but a love of mine now.
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There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
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I might be deceiving myself but I do not think that I do have an inordinate fear of death.
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If someone had told me in high school that one day I'd write an historical novel, I would have rolled my eyes.
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We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.
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By understanding and harnessing the forces that drive human behavior, you can create a self-sustaining philanthropic effort that reaches millions of people. It begins with an entrepreneurial attitude: take an idea and execute on that idea. If it doesn't work, learn why and build on what you've learned.
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'General Hospital' was so massive in the 80s and that's when people my age or even younger watched that show. A generation grew up on that show, Luke and Laura, I came in on the cusp of that so there's still a lot of 'Frisco.'
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Leslie Nielsen was my favorite growing up; getting to work with him was amazing.
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I write, and when see a movie in which it's supernatural, some other worlds, or some other aspect to our world that we're not aware of, and [they] don't explain what the rules are, that kind of stuff drives me crazy.
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I definitely don't look my age, ... So I actively look for roles that will help people change their perception of me.
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A lot of the girls my age were impressed by silly stuff like money and fame. I wanted to be able to have intellectual and spiritual conversations with someone who was on the same page as me.
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I think it was Freud who said that we're all arrested at a certain age. For me, it was always 13.
