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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It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
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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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Honesty and loyalty are key. If two people can be honest with each other about everything, that's probably the biggest key to success.
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Influence is best measured not only by military hardware and GDP, but also by other people's perceptions that we, the United States, are using our power legitimately. That belief - that we are acting in the interests of the global commons and in accordance with the rule of law - is what the military would call a 'force multiplier.'
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I don't compose, actually. I just record. I'm the opposite of a composer in my way of working. I'm more instinctive.
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When you look at Google, its job is to find you the perfect web page. There are a lot of cases when you want to know something and a list of websites isn't ideal.
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You know, I'm not a huge fan of the concept of 'passion' when it comes to careers. Instead of trying to answer the daunting question of 'What's your passion?' it's better simply to watch what you do when you've got time of your own and nobody's looking.
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I was 11 years old and horse-obsessed. New York City was an unfortunate place for a girl like me to be growing up.
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On a television show, you basically make a movie a week. Movies take three months - it's crazy. They're so slow, it's like vacation to me.
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To take a job just so I can go on a fancy vacation doesn't really seem worth it.
