Megan M. Duffy Quotes
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Among the reasons Donald Trump is president is that he read the nation and the world better than his rivals.
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Today we try to identify a gene and then study its properties.
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Now, performing is second nature and I love every second of it. It is a very emotional thing when I can't play a song; maybe I'm hitting on something that I don't want to deal with. All of it is so personal. It is like therapy.
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The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
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I really enjoy being a dad, and maybe I took it too seriously, but I love being around my kids.
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I'm still learning how to do things - like lining my eyes? Forget it.
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My publisher, who was so good as a taster and editor, when she became a writer, lo and behold, it was all this feminine tosh.
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Looking at the way the game is played, I'm envious of the conditions. We played on some ropey World Cup surfaces. I genuinely never look back and wish I earned the money they do today, but I do think of that element.
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I'd like to explore the more abstract side of people's minds, as opposed to the usual sitcom stuff. I don't want to do the typical sitcom-type humor. I'd want to do stuff like go bowling with pineapples.
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Nine months after we submitted the original screenplay for 'The Attack,' the studio that was involved pulled out. I've been told that 'you don't write in a French way; you can't make these multicultural films.'
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When I was very young I knew that I wanted to be in show business. I knew that I wanted to be an entertainer.
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My priority is the script. Get me a good script, and I will sign the movie. I think I should leave the casting up to the experts!
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I want to act for the rest of my life - and I also want to pursue directing. Watching Bill Condon direct 'Twilight' kind of made me think, 'OK yeah, I really want to do this now.' This idea that you can make an image in your head and be in full control of how it comes out - I thought that was really cool.
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And so there I was living in California from Brooklyn, New York, and it was this whole new world for me and I was meeting vegetarians. I thought, let me try this vegetarian thing. I got really into that.
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I studied writing at NYU. I graduated high school in Nashville and then went to the creative writing program, and in the first year, that's when I wrote 'Kids.'
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By the time I got involved, Blockbuster had already worked out some of the kinks.
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I first started going to shows when I was about 16 - seeing local bands. I mean, I loved music before that, and I played a bit of guitar when I was younger and thought maybe I'd become a guitar teacher or something, but when I saw other kids doing it, I was like, 'Whoa, these are great bands! I can do it, too.'
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The Jewish people have been in exile for 2,000 years; they have lived in hundreds of countries, spoken hundreds of languages and still they kept their old language, Hebrew. They kept their Aramaic, later their Yiddish; they kept their books; they kept their faith.
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Right now you are one choice away from a new beginning - one that leads you toward becoming the fullest human being you can be.
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Southern black gay and bi men are suffering from a self-esteem issue.
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At one time in my career, Barnes and Noble bookstores categorized my books as religious fiction.
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American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, including floor wax, that has fat in it.
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The publishing scene in India is evolving rapidly, and the key challenge is to keep reinventing oneself so that one does not become formulaic. Sometimes it is safer to deal with the consequences of failure than the fruits of success. Remaining on one's toes is critical, and often one finds that success makes one complacent.
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I thought 'Cabin in the Woods' was really incredible.
