Ethan Canin Quotes
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I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
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Something that I've struggled with for awhile is looking at our country voting on sound bites, and to me, character is really important.
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Desperation is the perfume of the young actor. It's so satisfying to have gotten rid of it. If you keep smelling it, it can drive you crazy. In this business a lot of people go nuts, go eccentric, even end up dead from it. Not my plan.
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All over London as one walks, one everywhere, in the season, sees oranges to sell; and they are in general sold tolerably cheap, one and even sometimes two for a halfpenny; or, in our money, threepence.
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I worked for Oprah Winfrey for two years right out of college in 2004. I was a director's assistant on the film 'Their Eyes Were Watching God,' which Oprah produced.
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I don't think I'm the world's most die-hard sci-fi fan, but I definitely grew up watching 'Star Trek' religiously - all of them: the original, 'Next Generation,' 'Deep Space Nine,' 'Voyager.' I think sci-fi has an important place in the cinema world. Fantasy is a big part of why films actually exist.
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One of the best parts of being a writer means that researching all kinds of cool stuff actually counts as work!
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It's important to be able to keep things fresh, no matter what age you are, or how many years you've been in the industry.
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It's good to be proud of your heritage and your culture, but pride can be perverted.
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Dallas was a Black and White society at that time; it didn't have the diversity it has now.
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I have too many ideas for a lifetime.
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I work a lot with my ski sponsor, Head, to develop new technologies.
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Our cast and crew strive for this show after show hard as they can. It shows in the finished product.
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Part of my affinity with urban music comes from being on 'Kids Incorporated,' 'cos we used to sit around and listen to Chaka Khan and Prince, and I got influenced by all that. Then gangsta rap got started, and I was infatuated with that - maybe that's why I'm fascinated by guns.
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I'm OK: I don't need money.
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Nuclear energy is the scientific achievement of the Iranian nation.
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I never had time to dream about being anyone else.
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I wore a lot of vintage clothing. I dressed like a reporter, with a little card in my hat. I had these fantasies of who I wanted to be, so I'd dress like an explorer, a cowboy. I dressed up like Elton John a lot too. That was another period.
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When I did red, it was nine, and that was it for me. I said, "Here I am - nine is my number and red is my color, and I'm in business now.
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I used to ask my brother Rudy to throw rocks at me. I'd dodge every one. That's how I learned how to bob and weave: ducking rocks.
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I read Shakespeare when I was 14 because it's what we were taught.
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You have to find that place that is very quiet in your head, and anytime I read it, anytime I come across it, my Bible, the first Scripture in there is Psalms 91.
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I read for the sensation of becoming another person; I write for the same sensation.
