Sara Gruen Quotes
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In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.
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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
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The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.
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People who live in a glass house have to answer the door.
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A lot of West Virginia is untouched. It doesn't have as many strip malls, it has these old towns that feel like it used to be how it looked. Charleston has this river that runs through it, and it's really beautiful.
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I can do whatever I want.
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The African Union has to act in order to put an end to armed conflicts that undermine the continent, to fight against the devastation caused by AIDS and other contagious diseases, to promote sustainable development of its member states.
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Let's just say, if I weren't a model, I'd be a walking collage. I see my body as a blank canvas that's aching to be decorated; I find it all very fascinating.
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They pollute. It's not because morally they have a problem, but more because the mechanism now is rewarding those who cut corners to save cost.
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I'm not an artist that makes singles, I'm an artist that makes albums, and it's a totally different thing.
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I'm a sponge when it comes to stories. I'd say everything influences me in some way, but for 'Red Queen' in particular, I was really affected by the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series by George R. R. Martin.
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I don't intentionally go: 'Ooh, what is provocative,' and try to do that. I just do stuff, and people go: 'Ooh, that's provocative.'
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I'm a pro-horserace guy.
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Let's just say I decided that while my son is young I don't want to do projects that would take me away for months.
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When I got pregnant, I had to concentrate on being pregnant for a whole nine months, even though I knew it was ruining my career at the time.
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A Germany team should not be afraid going into a tournament. History shows that we can raise the level of our game when it matters.
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I became a Communist because I fell in love with a man who was a Red and entered the Army to take care of the Fascists, and I knew it would please him if I became one.
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Of the web It's massively successful. It is trivially simple. Massively successful like karaoke - anybody can do it.
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I remember when the Atkins diet arrived; I lost 16 lb in the first month, but when I stopped, it all went back on again.
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Once a piece of writing gets to a moment where it's not going to get much better than it already is, marinate it. If you still like the piece, send it out and see what others think. If not, it's time to put it away and forget about it for a while.
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I always improvise with the crowd. Sometimes it will be a 50 percent show, sometimes 70 percent, sometimes it's almost a whole show where I wing it. It depends on my mood, the energy in the room. For sure, a portion of it is just kind of winging it.
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I'm a guy that appreciates spontaneity and a woman being genuine and different.
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The nature of things is in the habit of concealing itself.
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The only thing that makes me crazier than writing is not writing.
