Michael Bergin Quotes
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I get intrigued by a first lin and I write to find out why it means something to me. You make discoveries just the way the reader does, so you're simultaneously the writer and the reader.
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I wear my Viking helmet because the horns define how sharp my brains are. If you try to rub me the wrong way, I will stick you with both of my horns.
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Fantasy is sort of a blank slate that everybody can project their own culture onto. Everybody can read it in their own way.
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If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.
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I just want to continue the way I am going.
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Obviously I'd love to work with any of these great directors because every time I've worked with them I've gained a tremendous amount as an actor. Each director has his own way of pushing you towards improving yourself.
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I was paid to read Western economic texts. In a way, the regime paid for their own undermining.
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What really excites me in a project is when it goes in a way you haven't been before.
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It's not what I do, but the way I do it. It's not what I say, but the way I say it.
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I write books that way - I put a first line down and say, "Where does this go?"
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A story is a way to say something that can’t be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say what the meaning is.
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And it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible.
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Art is the only thing you cannot punch a button for. You must do it the old-fashioned way. Stay up and really burn the midnight oil. There are no compromises.
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You see somewhere along the way, we've allowed the pursuit of fame and things to blind us to the issues that prevent us from moving upward.
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Lise: Paris has ways of making people forget. Jerry: Paris? No, not this city. It's too real and too beautiful. It never lets you forget anything. It reaches in and opens you wide, and you stay that way.
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His mom's a nurse, and she gave us the approval tonight to let him go all the way.
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Deadlines are things that we pass through on the way to finishing.
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She was my destination. I was always on the way to Lena, even when I wasn't. Even when she wasn't on her way to me.
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When reality television really hit, I just had a backlash towards reality. It seemed like a cheap way to make a product. And then when music reality and 'Idol hit,' I just didn't watch it, it seemed novelty. And of course the story of 'Idol,' this is one of the greatest stories in television history.
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I love vinyl, you know? To me it has depth, warmth, it's the best way to really sample.
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If time is my vessel, then learning to love might be my way back to sea
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Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most.
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The truth is that stress doesn't come from your boss, your kids, your spouse, traffic jams, health challenges, or other circumstances. It comes from your thoughts about these circumstances.
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I was going to get the Carolyn Bessette story out of her one way or another.
