Melanie Lynskey Quotes
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Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It may make you feel like you're flying high at first, but it won't take long before you feel the impact.
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Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
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I'm very passionate about my two Dobermans, Stella and Mr Jonty. I go on and on and on about them, and people have to tell me to shut up before I get out pictures of them.
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I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.
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Good writers know that crime is an entre into telling a greater story about character. Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live.
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I never had crushes on anybody when I was younger; I really didn't.
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Husbands and wives, first be faithful to each other. Second, keep the romance going all of your life by courting each other every day.
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We solve last year's problems without thinking about the future.
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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I loved to sing in family parties, for my friends and family. That's how I discovered my talent.
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I have never read 'To Kill A Mockingbird.'
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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This is my seventh decade... and every once in a while I get a hankering to re-visit these songs again... songs with which I have had a great relationship.
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Unsurprisingly, the poll-takers don't talk a lot in public about the ignorance of the electorate on political and public policy matters. And the politicians are not going to disclose the, let's say, limited body of knowledge in their constituencies. You don't get elected calling your voters airheads.
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A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things.
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My second job has been to try to use my power to create institutions of a modern state that could enter the European Union, and there was very little time. The door was closing, and I wanted to get Bosnia through before it shut.
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They're very strong in memory. Didn't do very much in microprocessors or digital signal processing.
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It is no accident that our business, The University of Phoenix, is one of the top 50 community-minded companies in America. My father and I are strong believers in the concept of community.
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My religion lies in my composition.
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I never had only one job. I was either playing ball or writing or doing TV or modeling.
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Comics don't work if the story is all in the text and the images are illustrative. It's hard to have enough faith in the artists to allow them to do their job.
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To take a job just so I can go on a fancy vacation doesn't really seem worth it.
