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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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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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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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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Maybe I need to make a change, or maybe it's living here in New York or using social media or working in media and entertainment, but I feel like I'm constantly trying to maintain this sense of, 'Why do I do what I do?'
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When ISIS and al Qaeda have attacked or plotted attacks in the West in the past decade or so, they have invariably used hydrogen peroxide-based bombs because acquiring military-grade explosives or dynamite is nearly impossible for would-be terrorists in Western countries.
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I've tried to pitch 'Borgen - the Musical,' but they just won't listen to me!
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It's not the size of the nose that matters, it's what's inside that counts.
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I understand them. I understand where they came from, what their lifestyle was there. But my parents didn't push us to be like them. They said do whatever you think right, but remember the important things in life.
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The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants, and for peace like retarded pygmies.
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The camera was kind to me. But I was never a screen personality like Gable or Flynn. The camera did something with their faces that was special.
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Everybody feels safe belonging not to the excluded minority but to the excluding majority. You think, Oh, I’m glad that’s not me. It’s basically the same in all periods in all societies. If you belong to the majority, you can avoid thinking about lots of troubling things.
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He who is sorrowful can force himself to smile, but he who is glad cannot weep.
