Jonathan Lethem Quotes
I plan less and less. It's a great benefit of writing lots, that you get good at holding long narratives in your head like a virtual space.
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Now, do I think the baby boomers tend to be self-absorbed? I do.
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I'm always drawn to stories about characters who are somewhat isolated inside themselves by their inability to communicate in some way. That's what interested me about 'Children of a Lesser God.'
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Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.
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For years, I have repeatedly said that Maryland taxpayers were being overtaxed and overcharged.
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But as I grew up as a child, falling in love with the theater and Shakespeare, my heroes were Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud.
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Part of what made 'The Bling Ring' such a fun, freeing experience was that we got to wear these really over-the-top clothes we'd never pick in real life - like for the nightclub scenes, we'd have on these really short, really tight dresses. But you know what - I actually learned how to walk in heels on that set!
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I love meeting interesting people and doing things with them.
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I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have no appropriate costume for this circumstance. Please excuse me.
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No, you never get any fun out of the things you haven't done.
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I have to trust what I do and then do it.
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From the time of independences until the end of the Cold War, in spite of the participation of a considerable number of African states in the non-aligned movement, everyone in fact chose to align with one or another of the two major blocks.
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In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
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I can pretty much live without fast food. I haven't eaten McDonald's in so long, but it's okay.
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Xerox is really good at managing documents, and we're definitely good at managing through a process.
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Considering that the blessed life we so long for consists in an intimate and true love of God Our Creator and Lord, which binds and obliges us all to a sincere love.
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Well, I think it can be quite helpful to be working on a character who actually existed, historically. Of course, you might have material to study and help you create the character.
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Usually the characters I play are men of few words, who communicate in non-verbal ways.
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When you're doing a medieval show like 'Pillars,' it starts off a bit like a school play. You're all in funny costumes; you've had your coffee, and you say, 'Good morning'. Then you go on set and, if you've got good actors and directors, it takes on a life of its own.
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With Twitter and other social networking tools, you can get a lot of advice from great people. I learn more from Twitter than any survey or discussion with a big company.
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I want to see cancer cured in my lifetime. It might be.
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Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling of chains, always was.
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I always believe there's a reason why you go through everything.
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I plan less and less. It's a great benefit of writing lots, that you get good at holding long narratives in your head like a virtual space.
