Garth Risk Hallberg Quotes
I came to feel that, in addition to Imre Kertesz, Hungary has produced at least three contemporary novelists who deserve the Nobel: Peter Nadas, Peter Esterhazy and Laszlo Krasznahorkai.
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My first conscious thought of 'I should be like that and not like this' was probably at about six, and I was playing with... I have a twin brother, and we were playing with our twin cousins, who are a boy and a girl.
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I felt pressure to follow in Madonna's footsteps, and I didn't want to base my career on sex. So I began to change how I saw myself.
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When the opportunity came along to do 'Win, Lose or Draw,' I took it selfishly to find out if I did enjoy being me on camera. And I did that for the last two years I was doing 'Mama's Family.'
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On the Internet, inside information is currency, and there will always be counterfeiters among us.
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When I first put out music, people didn't know what I looked like. They called it a new type of something; they couldn't put a genre on it - it was where indie and urban kind of meet in the middle. I thought that was quite exciting.
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I can hardly decide what plays I should be in.
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He's an honest man - you could shoot craps with him over the telephone.
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I just like to stay a little quiet and just do my own thing. If I win a little more, I think I'll get a little bit more attention.
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One of the first pieces of advice I was ever given, on my first job was, you should always buy something to treat yourself to say well done for getting the job! However I've not followed on that through yet... I've always wanted a tattoo, something to mark my experience.
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That term, 'David and Goliath,' has entered our language as a metaphor for improbable victories by some weak party over someone far stronger.
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I was brought up the Mexican way, where actors are paid very little and every part you take is an act of faith. If people respect that, then great.
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Speech happens to not be his language.
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Poland is much more advanced than Romania in structural reforms.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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Americans are more likely to watch a film in their own language. For the rest of the world, it doesn't matter so much.
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I think the paradigm is shifting with regard to women and what we bring to the industry. I feel very blessed.
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Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.
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I love science fiction when it's well-done. I don't like campy stuff. I don't like stuff that's too fantastical.
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I am conservative, there's no doubt about it. But you can be conservative and still work with people, and that's what my intentions are.
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“She’s a queen and a mother and it’s a mother’s job to be scary,” said Wish. “Well she’s very successful at her job,” shivered Bodkin.
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I'm not into things that feel like a sequel. There's just something magical about when something happens for the first time.
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In the right context, you can make ugly sounds, different sounds feel right at home.
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I came to feel that, in addition to Imre Kertesz, Hungary has produced at least three contemporary novelists who deserve the Nobel: Peter Nadas, Peter Esterhazy and Laszlo Krasznahorkai.
