Vladimir Nabokov Quotes
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All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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'RoboCop,' when that came out, was like the best comic book movie ever, and it's not based on a comic book.
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I like writing about places, about people and environments. When I create a world, it lets me go in and define the details of that world.
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I have to make sure that I make good choices and that if I put my name on it, it's a high-quality endeavor and that I have time to be a human being.
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In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.
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I really wanted to make 'Everest' visceral, real. One thing that amazed me when I was scouting in base camp is the volume of Everest: It's humbling. I wanted to find a way to bring that to the screen. One way was 3D.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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I got a gymnastics scholarship to college, fell in love with my true love of my whole life - who I'm married to now - and he was a virgin too. It was very romantic.
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On the ground, Pakistan is the most virulently anti-American state on the planet.
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I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre.
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True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories.
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I'm engaged to Hollywood. If there's something I find I have to do, I'll do it. Otherwise, I'll just stay home and have a vacation.
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We need to rekindle those values, those strengths as a nation and as a people... And we must do so as one people with one goal.
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Whoever has lost a fight in the UFC and hasn't wanted to fight that guy the next day shouldn't be in the sport.
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You get three hours' sleep and then you start all over again. Relentless. Pre-production was almost harder than filming. I was all over the city every day. It was really exhausting.
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If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.
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I still can't spell anything, but I can bust out two-dollar words.
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Dodi got a lot of criticism when he began dating Princess Diana. No one seemed to think he was good enough for her.
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I always wanted to be an actor, so I began to prepare myself for a career in acting. I did a course at Kishore Namit Kapoor's acting school. I was with Shiamak Davar's dance school and also did theatre with Nadira Babbar.
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Getting books out into the world helps us all.
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Let all of life be an unfettered howl.
