Garth Risk Hallberg Quotes
Reading was not just an escape or a Band-Aid; it was a deep form of feeling seen and recognized, and being able to see and recognize other kindred spirits. My dad was a writer, too, which also likely had something to do with that.
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I do always have a wall up. But I feel by doing it, I keep myself safe.
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If Wikileaks didn't resolve that question for folks - at the end of the day, there are no secrets. We're living in a glass neighborhood, in a fishbowl, and technology, white hat hackers, the folks that are doing the right thing with hacking.
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I was fortunate enough to visit a lot of beautiful places around the world. The most astonishing and memorable experiences were my trips to Africa and Australia.
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Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.
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I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.
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Now I am not against widgets, those small third-party applications that people can put on their Web pages on social networks like Facebook and MySpace, in general.
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I'd like to think a baseball picture is somewhere in my future.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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I like to do things quickly because I'm easily bored.
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People don't want to pay 8 or 9 dollars to go see a problem that they have in their life, on screen. They pay to get away from that. That's why they watch soap operas.
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There's a lot of comedy in 'The Guest,' so it was a bit more fun in a sense - it wasn't so heavy like 'It Follows.'
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It's been tough for me being away from the game.
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I was a very physical child... I was a tree-climber; I was a tomboy.
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You know, one of the only times I ever wrote about art was the obituary of Warhol that I did for the Village Voice.
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A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.
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We, as artists, we have the right to express ourselves. That is our first amendment, freedom of speech. But I also believe that we have an obligation to the youth to be somewhat responsible in what we say on records. But I think that comes with age. I think that comes with artists growing up and becoming assured of who they are as people.
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No one is above the law, not even the president. I believe perjury does meet at least the definition of high misdemeanor.
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With a disaster like global warming, it's too late to worry about when it's looming except to figure out how to adapt to it.
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You know, the genders are different in how they approach things, and so I really think that women put a lot more guilt on themselves than need be.
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The earliest golfing memories that I have are of the Italian Open when I was about six years of age. Watching that event is how I really got started in the game.
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When I was a kid, it was a huge insult to be a geek. Now it's a point of pride in a weird way.
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I don't play comedy as comedy. That would be the biggest trap. I think about the characters and their situations. Then you don't have to worry where the laugh is going to be. But comedy is harder than drama.
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If you feel depressed, go and buy twenty books about depression. Learn about it; find out how it works.
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Reading was not just an escape or a Band-Aid; it was a deep form of feeling seen and recognized, and being able to see and recognize other kindred spirits. My dad was a writer, too, which also likely had something to do with that.
