Garth Risk Hallberg Quotes
I think several generations of my family had novels in the drawer. You know the montage in 'The Royal Tenenbaums' where each character has produced some sort of minor work? It was like having a magician in the household.
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I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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The billable hours is a classic case of restricted autonomy. I mean, you're working on - I mean, sometimes on these six-minute increments. So you're not focused on doing a good job. You're focused on hitting your numbers. It's one reason why lawyers typically are so unhappy. And I want a world of happy lawyers.
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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Chinese consumption, particularly high-end consumption, is booming.
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The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
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My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.
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This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities. Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority.
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In a marathon, if you run too fast, you get exhausted. If you run too slow, you never make it.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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I would love to do a film with a lot of humor in it: a comedy with pain instead of a painful film with some comedy.
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The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
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Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
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These statements about torture, about alleged misuse of power and things like that, insulted the Filipinos more than their leader because it was made to appear as if Filipinos would tolerate a leader who would torture his own people, who would utilize his executive prerogatives for abuses.
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It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two.
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When people use their hurt and make a triumph in their song, that helps other people.
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My journey has been that of a character actor.
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Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire - you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.
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I don't stick to special techniques, conscious techniques.
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Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun I had.
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Players have an in-season playing weight, and we have to be careful not to stray too far from it when we're not under the watchful eye of the nutritionist. This can be a problem when the food isn't being prepared and regulated by our cooking staff.
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There's no shortage of orphans in 19th-century literature, but it's hard to find a single happy, communicative, functional parental relationship in the whole of 'Great Expectations,' even among the minor characters.
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I think several generations of my family had novels in the drawer. You know the montage in 'The Royal Tenenbaums' where each character has produced some sort of minor work? It was like having a magician in the household.
