George Packer Quotes
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I sort of wrongfully judged 'Mamma Mia!' for so long. I thought of it as a jukebox musical that I wasn't interested in. I was so wrong.
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You want to put out a TV show? If you have the money to do it on your own, by yourself, and you have a TV network, you can do it by yourself. But the nature of the beast is, art needs finance. That's how this industry works. So until the Internet becomes our source of entertainment - and watch it, I believe it will - this is how things go.
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Women are blessed with energy - a power which is unique. I have been very fortunate to have played strong women and explored their strengths through my films.
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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I realized that women's liberation is men's liberation, too.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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When I was in college, I learned to really take care of my body and figured out what works best for me and what doesn't work for me when it comes to my nutrition. That helped so much on the field because soccer is such a fitness-oriented game.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
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It's true that you need much time to get rid of the fat girl you once were, but you know I am sincerely grateful for my buttocks.
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Rich Swann is probably the only guy who's more charismatic among this whole bunch than me, and I think it showed in our match.
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Because Jews were kicked out of every country in Europe at one time or another, and plenty of other places as well, there isn't an ability to identify with a national heritage - you'll never hear a Jew say 'I'm German' or 'I'm Polish,' without saying something about being Jewish as well, and for good reason.
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With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
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My father played guitar, so I always wanted to play for that reason. But I think the biggest reason was just the '90s in general - growing up listening to the Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day and bands like that, and going to concerts and thinking it was the coolest thing in the world.
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The one indisputable reality of dictatorship is that dissent, insult, and malevolent language do not go unpunished if it is allowed at all.
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The man that got me into collecting sneakers in the first place was the man they call Michael Jordan. He was the one who kind of exposed me to the sneaker world - he was my favorite basketball player, and he had the best shoes.
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There are constant challenges in the drawing process, especially in a period piece, and therein lay the fun.
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People respond faster to you on a text than an e-mail. Why is that? Why will they ignore an e-mail, but get back to a text?
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It was my father who - after, at age 15, I had attempted unsuccessfully to drive the family car using a 'borrowed' key and knocked down a wall of the garage - convinced me over the telephone not to run away from home and who then came home from work not to punish me but rather to console and comfort me.
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Professional people build relationships by doing the work together.
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Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me.
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Inspiration is an underexamined part of political life and presidential leadership.
