Steve Toltz Quotes
I don't have a great respect for reality or getting the 'facts' as a means of putting together a story.
Quotes to Explore
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I said yes, which turned out to be the right answer.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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I don't want to be a bust.
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I don't feel American. I do feel like a New Yorker. I think there's a real distinction there. A city allows you to become a citizen even when you're not a national.
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I'm shocked at being recognized.
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My sister is not a public person, so I don't think it's right to discuss her.
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I'm a mother with two small children, so I don't take as much crap as I used to.
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A lot of times you come against actors who come from a different direction, and you tend to meet in the middle.
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Slow down, everyone. You're moving too fast.
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Dream within a dream, Our dream deferred. Good morning, daddy! Ain’t you heard?
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Oh, this isn't a talk show; it's more just filling time, really, 'til the infomercials start.
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I plunged in, and set up a Twitter account. My first problem was that there were already two Margaret Atwoods on Twitter, one of them with my picture. This grew; I gave commands; then all other Margaret Atwoods stopped together. I like to think they were sent to a nunnery, but in any case they disappeared. The Twitterpolice had got them. I felt a bit guilty.
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I crack jokes and play games and that's really more my nature than being cold.
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I'm one of those guys a lot of people watch, imitate, and then make it seem like they were the ones who did it first.
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The indestructible is one: it is each individual human being and, at the same time, it is common to all, hence the incomparably indivisible union that exists between human beings.
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I intend to keep writing Christmas songs. There's still a lot more about Christmas that can be captured and feel like old-time Christmas. A lot of the traditions haven't been explained in song.
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Nine out of every 10 large corporations and government agencies have been attacked by computer intruders.
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So many diseases and illnesses have fundamental roots in the lack of clean water. Resolving the clean water crisis would mitigate a lot of problems.
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Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life.
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God is not about religion. Religion is a structure that should house our faith in God. Too often it is used to hurt other people in God's name.
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One of the rules of the road is that if you want to create the sense of silence, it frequently has more pungency if you include the tiniest of sounds. By manipulating what you hear and how you hear it and what other things you don't hear, you can not only help tell the story, you can help the audience get into the mind of the character.
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Forms in nature are a byproduct of a reciprocal action between a given material and the conditions of the environment. But in architecture, the process is the direct opposite: First you decide on the form, and then you think how to build it in reality.
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I don't have a great respect for reality or getting the 'facts' as a means of putting together a story.
