Sebastian Faulks Quotes
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Loser lit antiheroes aren't well intentioned or earnest; they don't care whether you like them or not. They're self-mocking, ironic and inventive; they narrate their downfalls with manic wordplay, rampant metaphors, wisecracks, and escalating flights of spleen-fueled lyricism.
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You can't make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by.
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I definitely look up to Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins, and J.K. Rowling.
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If you don't have a Facebook, like, you're nobody. There's all of these sort of requirements now, and if you don't have all of these things - Facebook, Twitter, etc. - you're made fun of. And Twitter for celebrities... everything is just getting so personal. Pictures of yourself, of what you're eating for breakfast.
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The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy to the end of his days and those were extraordinarily long': a sentence I find an almost insuperable obstacle to a satisfactory link.
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I read all the time that people think I'm arrogant. They say I am cocky, a bad character. I had that from a young age. But when they meet me, they say, 'That image doesn't fit you.'
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I'm one of the regulars. I play this doctor, Dr. Andrew Brown, going through some marriage problems.
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I distracted myself from the fear and terrorism by thinking about things like how the universe began and whether time travel is possible.
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The male corporate model is built on a man's greater willingness to be a slave of sorts - especially once he has to provide for children.
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Don't ever know who you may meet, or just because a person may not be dressed up all fancy, don't mean they're not an important person. You just don't ever know who you're gonna meet in life. So that's why I look at everybody as equal. Can't just judge. I treat everybody with respect. Every man.
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It was not love at all, really, but rather a yearning for the honor and respect of the other men that held them. Pride, then... Indeed, all their connection with each other at this moment was tied up with the respect they felt they were earning by their actions.
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Dangerous is a people's voice charged with wrath.
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Suicidez-vous, désespérés, et vous, torturés du corps et de l'âme, perdez tout espoir. Il n'y a plus pour vous de soulagement en ce monde. Le monde vit de vos charniers.
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The manner of the country makes the usage of life there, and the land will not be lived in except in its own fashion.
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The most important thing in my life is to live my life and enjoy it - to do what I think is right and what I think is good.
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Baseball is a hard game. There's going to be ups and downs.
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Alexander Payne's very specific. His scripts are always complete when you start working on them.
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All my freakouts have been pretty private and directed at family pets and/or people I have been dating for too short a time to freak out at in that way.
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There is no such thing as permanence at all. Everything is constantly changing. Everything is in a flux. Because you cannot face the impermanence of all relationships, you invent sentiments, romance, and dramatic emotions to give them certainty. Therefore you are always in conflict.
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The information they gave us is that they travel around doing door-to-door magazines sales.
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Why take drugs specifically designed to send you insane?
