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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Dangerous is a people's voice charged with wrath.
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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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My husband and I go to Il Fico every Friday, and I get the whole-wheat pizza. I won't eat pizza anywhere else!
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If you are brown, black, Asian, or anything other than an English-speaking, highly-trained technician, the Republican Party doesn't want you here.
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If you want to do something different, you're going to come up against a lot of naysayers.
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The compass represents spirituality, no end and no beginning....the ruler represents 'tangible evidence' ... a measurable event... both coming together shall represent a Human Being...the intersection of life and consciousness...
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Myrnin: "I shall name him Bob, Bob the spider" Claire: "You're insane." Myrnin: "Why Claire, I thought that was part of my charm." (something like that)
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Liquor prohibition led to the rise of organized crime in America, and drug prohibition has led to the rise of the gang problems we have now.
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Why take drugs specifically designed to send you insane?
