Jonathan Lethem Quotes
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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Picking up a guitar brought a lot of balance into my life.
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I'm very obsessed with 'The Real Housewives' franchise. It's a bad obsession.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.
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It's kind of amazing that people will travel because of a book. I admire that.
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I would love to do some theater.
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The sky in Texas is the most amazing sky in the whole country, I think, like you can see more sky in Texas than you can see anywhere else in the world.
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I like to relate to my kids as they are. I enjoy spending that time with them. I see that my girls are so completely different and different from me, too.
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What makes Mom the best is that she never put any expectations too high on the kids. She just wanted us to be doing the things that made us happy, as long as we were working hard, but we never had to live up to something.
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I think we're the first generation to successfully integrate American society.
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I found it more challenging to act in a small scene, especially if it has no dialogue and if it is a close-up with only expressions.
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The European Union will continue to fully support multilateral global governance based on international law, human rights, and strong international institutions.
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Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.
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I find Shakespeare terrifying. When Simon Russell Beale does a speech, I understand every word of it, but if I did the same speech, people would be going, 'Huh? What?'
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I've never been one to want to be the center of attention and be put up on stages every night. That's just not really my personality. I'm comfortable with it now, but my real passion is being creative.
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Stay true to your own voice, and don't worry about needing to be liked or what anybody else thinks. Keep your eyes on your own paper.
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So the storm passed and every one was happy.
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I have always wanted to do a feature film that brings the world of Lisa Frank to life. We have so much backstory on our characters, and they have been alive in my imagination since the beginning.
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Both of my grandfathers were in the service. It's one of those things that you can't be thankful enough for.
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Living on silence,Living by the book.You get it to a scienceOf living on one good look.So put out all the firesAnd blow away the smoke.I'm getting pretty tiredOf living on hope.
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The only 'good' learning is that which is in advance of development.
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It was good while it was good.
