Selma Lagerlof Quotes
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It's not a monster movie. It's a supernatural thriller.
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It lies in human nature that where you experience your first laughs, you also remember the age kindly.
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In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.
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If there is something I am arguing, it is a critique of science. Science has consistently denied the existence of consciousness other than human. Only in the last 20 years do we have acknowledgement of animal feeling or culture or experience.
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The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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For our white members, voting is something they have done for hundreds of years. But for us, it is not such a traumatic thing, because we have never participated in an election.
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I have very much been a guy who's acknowledged how many women have directed me, have produced... it's been unbelievable.
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The idea that somebody is going to come in and make your debt go away and all be well for the future is really a fantasy.
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My route is a little bit nontraditional. A lot of the people working in Nashville, they have a model. I don't really fit into that.
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I always have stress.
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We must show there is good in society. If you read the newspapers, you think there are only crooks in this world, but that's not true.
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If the part isn't always there on the page, I've had good relationships with writers where there's an openness to bring more to the role.
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Terrorists convince thousands of people to kill themselves in the name of God. I can't convince two of my friends to help me move.
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Everybody has a dysfunctional family.
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It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.
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I think in spring, we don't want to wear makeup, we don't want to wear a ton of clothes, we just want everything to be easier.
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We must get government out of the way and help foster an environment where small businesses are free to grow and create jobs.
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Certainty is usually a sign of pathology.
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It's easy to lose your soul in high school.
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I can't say what most people are doing. I can only say what I am doing.
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The great subversive works of children's literature suggest that there are other views of human life besides those of the shopping mall and the corporation. They mock current assumptions and express the imaginative, unconventional, noncommercial view of the world in its simplest and purest form. They appeal to the imaginative, questioning, rebellious child within all of us, renew our instinctive energy, and act as a force for change. This is why such literature is worthy of our attention and will endure long after more conventional tales have been forgotten.
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He who is sorrowful can force himself to smile, but he who is glad cannot weep.
