Garth Risk Hallberg Quotes
Narnia, Middle-earth and New York were my three fantasy universes when I was a kid.
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I was in a Nativity play as a kid. Back then, I played the donkey.
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Our curses on them that boil the eggs too hard! What use is an egg that is hard to any person on earth?
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I was a really big kid.
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I changed the city of New York. I gave people back their morale.
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I'm just a kid from Bronx who got lucky.
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I was a pretty pretentious kid. I was always making art.
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If you are an Arabic-speaking, Greek-Orthodox going to a French school it makes you deeply sceptical if you have to listen to three different accounts of the Crusades - one from the Muslim side, one from the Greek side and one from the Catholic side.
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New York is rich in culture, cuisine, and commerce.
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I started as a model in Holland and Chanel took me to New York when I was 19, after which I decided to stay.
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I went to a Christian school, and as a kid, we weren't allowed to really watch anything violent, even 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.'
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I never had intention of coming to New York or L.A. and actually doing more than scraping by - you know, doing plays. And as my career sort of progressed of its own volition, I did come to New York.
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I used to sculpt a bit as a kid.
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I enjoy being in New York. I have so many fans here that sing all my songs from start to finish.
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I have a million acquaintances but just two or three true friends. I can't hide anything from them.
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Even though people may be well known, they hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth: birth, marriage and death.
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I've been my mom's kitchen helper since I was a little kid.
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I came to the U.S. in 1994 to learn English and go to business school, but I took only a few business courses at the State University of New York at Albany and didn't finish.
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I love New York. It's one of my favorite cities.
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Three thousand, it's just a number. It's just a game.
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I had rock-star dreams from 8 or 9 almost nonstop. I thought it was going to be like being a god on earth: having as many women as you want whenever you want them, having super powers, being incredibly wealthy, never doing laundry.
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Why am I such a Euro-enthusiast? Because I knew it was an anchor of democracy.
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Governments have a favorite phrase: 'lean and mean.' But they've been made very, very fat for corporate interests.
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The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.
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Narnia, Middle-earth and New York were my three fantasy universes when I was a kid.
