Oren Peli Quotes
Not knowing the thing that's chasing you is a lot scarier than seeing it right in front of you.
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The romanticised life, where all the great poetry and music and art of the world comes from, is great but it requires a lot of self-indulgence.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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There are no rebels in the cinema business.
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So with the end of the Cold War, it became increasingly obvious that there was no basis upon which any decision was being made, not in the White House, and certainly because of that, not in the Congress.
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Character, I am sure, lies in the genes.
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I was complexed and awkward that I was good for nothing and was always lying. I would lie to my school friends that I was a stud in my colony and to my colony friends that I was a stud in the school cricket and football teams, though I was in no team.
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I thought 'Garfunkel and Oates' would be too confusing, but it ended up being confusing in the best of ways because the first time we played a comedy club, it was because they thought we were the real Garfunkel and Oates.
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The World Bank can only survive if it's spending money.
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You have to be yourself.
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If I'm coming in at 4:00 in the morning and my kids have been in bed since 8:00, 9:00, that's not setting a good example. The responsibility that I have kids inside my household has made me realize now that I have to be an example.
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Major success feels a bit like a coronation. Like I'd become a king. I was one of the most famous people in the world, loved and hated in equal measure. I couldn't see anything bad with it. It made me a happy person.
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Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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Oh, what a tangled web do parents weave when they think that their children are naive.
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To be honest, I didn't really understand how involved putting a fragrance together could be - or would be. Once I made the choice to actually do it, I just went for it. I just dove in and have really learned a lot about putting a scent together. It's kind of exciting.
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I'm just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it's very difficult to predict what the outcome is.
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I love the holidays on 'The Middle' because I feel like I'm getting that very traditional American holiday experience that I never had growing up.
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Russians not only vehemently despise blacks, they believe Africa begins at the Ukraine border.
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If people want to think I'm an Indian prince, I don't want to dispel that notion.
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The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality.
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I'm definitely neurotic. I don't cross streets and stuff.
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So I have people who tweet and ask me, 'You can't be this happy all the time. You can't be this cheerful.' Well, yes I am. From where I've come from and my family and what I see as real struggles in day to day life, through my reporting. I'm never going to look at challenges.
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I get recognized so much. It happens mostly when I'm in Starbucks.
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I went to the studio of Fischli Weiss, and it was magical. I thought: 'This is what I want to do with my life; I want to work with artists and be useful to them.' I was magnetically attracted.
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Not knowing the thing that's chasing you is a lot scarier than seeing it right in front of you.
