Joshua Ferris Quotes
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One has to wonder what Donald Trump will say next as he ramps up his anti-Muslim bigotry. Where is there left for him to go? Are we talking internment camps? Are we talking the final solution to the Muslim question? I feel like I'm back in the 1930s.
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I like men who paint or write or do something creative.
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I certainly don't have any boundaries myself, but I think I'm very aware of other people's.
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I like certain subgenres within science fiction and fantasy, and one of those is urban fantasy, and another is steampunk.
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I definitely like performing to a crowd that's there to see a female hero.
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Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.
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It is not my nature, when I see a people borne down by the weight of their shackles - the oppression of tyranny - to make their life more bitter by heaping upon them greater burdens; but rather would I do all in my power to raise the yoke than to add anything that would tend to crush them.
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America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is sure to be large.
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At times, my very own media makes me cringe, and occasionally out loud. By the way, nothing clears the head like an out-loud cringe.
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For students today, only 10 percent of children from working-class families graduate from college by the age of 24 as compared to 58 percent of upper-middle-class and wealthy families.
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Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.
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We live in a democracy, and people are free to sometimes choose the wrong leader.
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I really didn't get it until very late in 2005 and 2006.
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A lot of times, you see everyone's highlight reels because of social media. You don't know the work that went into getting to that point. This is something that's going to take time, hard work, and you have to be dedicated towards your craft.
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The thing about Pixar, they don't do the 'trend is your friend.' They're really about timeless story telling, and that's pretty great.
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Hopefully, America will really get a sense of how justice can be served in this country. And hopefully, they'll forget the Simpson trial.
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I should say that I usually have a good experience on Amtrak. Still, if Amtrak could replace electric horns with steam whistles, they could make big strides. A horn is a horn is a horn, but a steam whistle is a voice and a song. People used to know which engineer was running which engine based on the call of the whistle.
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Whenever I see a mirror, I just look at myself, or when I see my own reflection, I quickly take a look; I won't lie about that. But when I am in front of the camera, it's just the character, not me.
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If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.
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Now I'm doing a film festival for kids and writing a script about a kidnapped journalist in Afghanistan.
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I've honestly always been an overly analytical, highly observant person. I was playing music but thinking about it at same time, which was sort of exhausting. Aside from the pain of writing - you're not really in a gang like you are in band, it's a little bit lonelier - I think it was always something that I'd wanted to do. So the transition wasn't abrupt or painful.
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I think it's a very bad idea for someone to start writing for a readership.
