Garth Risk Hallberg Quotes
In college, I was a huge fan of 'Les Miserables.' I seem to remember that people who were into French literature preferred Hugo's poetry.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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I've had the good fortune of studying the 17th-century art of Amsterdam in preparation for a film.
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.
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At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives.
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Midi is my hobby.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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I thought what would be really just choice for a revamp and a reboot is 'The Greatest American Hero.' I think I'd be just that kind of perfect not prepared for this kind of thing, but thrust into circumstances he's not prepared for... that's another niche of mine. Unpreparedness. Not knowing what to do. I'm good at being that guy.
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I see myself as a composer who plays music and likes to play with other people, and not just as a solo artist.
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I said I wanted to strap guns on an El Camino. When I brought it up at a meeting, they said great. I realized there's no adult in the room.
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People review my comic books. People review every article I write - 'The Atlantic' even publishes them. A great deal of the critique of 'Between the World and Me' was from a feminist perspective. bell hooks pushed back, among others. Some of that has value. Some of it does not. I try my best to separate the wheat from the chaff.
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When liberty returns, I will return.
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I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.
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It was just really odd to be in a room with Ian McKellen sharing cucumber sandwiches.
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I've made club songs, and I've made radio songs, and I've made the car songs.
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I can think of nothing that an audience won't understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world.
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Refugees are the human dimensions of a failed state.
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I wish I could have come here this afternoon and say we have all the money. I wish I could have come here today and say that the team will be comfortable based on all the money we have received. But sadly enough I can't because we simply do not have the money we need.
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I know there are some people in British Columbia who are still holding a vigil for '3rd Rock'.
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I suspect people always thought I had a boyfriend, so nobody came after me.
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My films are an extension of my poetry, using the white screen like the white page to be filled with images.
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My personal philosophy is I'm running a 100-yard dash, and I haven't reached the end.
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In college, I was a huge fan of 'Les Miserables.' I seem to remember that people who were into French literature preferred Hugo's poetry.
