Garry Trudeau Quotes
I can only try to keep the characters interesting; it's up to the readers to decide whether they're still relevant.
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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Big league defense is going to get outs most times.
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When a baby comes you can smell two things: the smell of flesh, which smells like chicken soup, and the smell of lilies, the flower of another garden, the spiritual garden.
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I have a massive divide between being a competent human being and being completely hopeless, when it comes to logic.
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When you actually fall in love, no one sees that other person the way that you do.
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I tell you, 'Firefly'? Best job I ever had. Heartbroken when it was canceled, but had it not been canceled, I never would have gotten 'Serenity'. I think 'Serenity' is the most incredible thing I've ever been able to actually get my hands on and do. I can't even tell you how much love I have for that project.
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I don't feel the need to prove myself by writing the next generational novel.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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Soviet expansionism in Europe, the battle for control of China, and the 1950 invasion of South Korea would shatter once-euphoric dreams of post-war cooperation with the Kremlin.
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I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.
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I don't cry at books or movies. Ever. So imagine my shock and awe when I read 'The Time Traveler's Wife' for the second time, and I knew the ending, and I started to cry.
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Darwin's idea of natural selection makes people uncomfortable because it reverses the direction of tradition.
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In novels, and American novels in particular, it's not just about redemption, it's about forward movement and healing oneself. Americans are very big on getting better.
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What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you're opening and cares about you. There's a real village atmosphere.
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I'd always wanted to be on Broadway one day, but it seemed like a dream that might be unattainable. This business has a lot of ups and downs and I learned that pretty quickly.
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Grown-up clothes are more appealing because customers need to be able to project themselves into them.
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I do realize that God has given me so many blessings in my life. I mean, not only with football, but with the family that He's blessed me with and the opportunity He's given me to grow up in a home that embraces God.
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It's critical to have a sound foundation in free-market economics and the Constitution. A great many Republicans in Washington don't have that foundation.
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I think the best advice I give is to try not to write. Try not to overwrite, try not to make it sound too good. Just use your own voice. Use your own style of putting it down.
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I think you end up on the lucky side, or you don't.
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The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.
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So if you stay ready, you ain't gotta get ready, and that is how I run my life.
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When our time's up, it's up. All the money in the world won't buy you one more day.
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I can only try to keep the characters interesting; it's up to the readers to decide whether they're still relevant.
