Vladimir Nabokov Quotes
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me.
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Think and grow rich.
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I loved the glamour and excitement of the games and, in particular, knowing the names of each and every one of the referees - that's because my mom, a former basketball player, would yell at them from our front-row seats for making bad calls!
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The box office has become global. I think that factors in to the question of how to portray different ethnicities and cultures.
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I think twerking is overrated.
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
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The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
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As Governor, I've worked to solve problems the New Hampshire way - bringing together Democrats, Republicans and Independents to help hard-working Granite Staters adapt to our changing economy so that everyone has the opportunity to get ahead and stay ahead.
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I never ever Google myself. That way madness lies.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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Today is either the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning. Today we are making history.
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I was halfway through a rough draft of 'The Sisters Brothers' when it came time to start the 'Terri' adaptation.
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The presumption of innocence, the benefit of the doubt, walking without worrying - these should not be hallmarks of white privilege. They are human rights - human rights - that should be enjoyed by all.
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Science today is a highly collaborative exercise, and to convert it into a contest, as the Nobel does, is a bad way to look at science.
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With all of the qualities of the scene-setting, the dialogue, the place and time and the time and place in which your characters move. And I want to move with the characters, move with them and describe the world in which they are living.
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I hate Valentine's day. It is a day for nothing but disappointment.
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I don't separate things out between what's personal and what's my work. My passion is personal.
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It's just a lot of fun to be able to see your ideas come into fruition. And to see people translate the things that come out of my mind vocally. And to be able to produce vocals and give people my point of view musically. And to be able to sit in the crowd and see people sing the song that I wrote, it's an amazing feeling.
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My mom makes something called green pie, which I thought was a delicacy that many people only had at Thanksgiving, but it turns out it was just Jell-O with whipped cream on it. And it's delicious.
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Whatever is popular deserves attention.
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Music is a powerful tool in galvanizing people around an issue. There's no better way to get your point across than to put it in a beautiful song.
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For a long time, I believed that a great piece of music on its own could do more to stir the soul than any other single art form.
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My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.
