Sebastian Junger Quotes
I’ve stopped war reporting. I realized that I’d answered all of my questions about war and about myself.
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When I got back to Madison Avenue, I realized that copywriters made more than artists, so I switched.
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Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.
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There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man.
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When you play piano, your left hand and right hand are synced. Your brain basically has a clock, so that the right hand knows that 0.3 seconds after I hit this key, I need to hit that one. And the right hand knows not to hit keys that the left hand is playing, so the hands do not collide.
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Yet there are thousands of Indigenous people searching for family members.
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I always feel more comfortable in chaotic surroundings. I don't know why that is. I think order is dull. There is something about this kind of desire for order, particularly in Anglo Saxon cultures, that drive out this ability for the streets to become a really exotic, amorphous, chaotic, organic place where ideas can, basically, develop.
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I remember being about eight and watching 'Pollyanna' with Hayley Mills. I looked at my mum and said, 'Mum, I want to be Pollyanna.' She said, 'You're going to have to make yourself cry if you want to be an actress.' So I turned my head away, and when I turned it back I was in floods of tears.
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I guess I don't take my stardom too seriously. I think I am one of the guys.
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I completely took off my eyebrows one time for a screen test. I hadn't even gotten the role yet. So you have to have a commitment.
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I speak for all Malaysians in expressing my admiration for the Queen and the grace, poise and selflessness with which she has carried out her duties during her long reign. She represents the very best of British traits: dignity, resilience and hard work.
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Those opportunities to play in championship games are few and far between.
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When you make a promise, keep it.
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On parle peu quand la vanité ne fait pas parler.
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The history of psychiatry rewrites itself so often that it almost resembles the self-serving chronicles of a totalitarian and slightly paranoid regime.
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A general definition of civilization: a civilized society is exhibiting the five qualities of truth, beauty, adventure, art, peace.
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Mehr Licht!
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Other people can write grown-up, political plays about the troubles in the world. My plays deal with magic and hope.
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It is much easier to become a father than to be one.
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I've never seen a film get away completely unscathed like I have 'Animal Kingdom.' There's not a single bad review that I've read of it yet; all through Sundance, all it got was high praise.
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There were not a lot of women in the theater department - it was really run by men, and so the message was that women can be onstage, but women can't really be backstage.
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When we were filming 'Twilight,' we didn't expect anything. We were just filming a movie that we wanted the fans to enjoy. And then it kinda just blew into this whole other world.
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Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.
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I’ve stopped war reporting. I realized that I’d answered all of my questions about war and about myself.
