Garth Risk Hallberg Quotes
I always thought I was going to be a great poet, and go and live in New York, where the great poets lived - you know, where Whitman had walked the streets.
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I prefer drama; I think character-driven drama is my favorite kind of stuff to go watch, and I like being challenged by that kind of stuff in that way.
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You don't have to be desperate. Never be desperate. That is my slogan.
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I really like 'Roar' and 'Dark Horse.' 'Dark Horse' I really like, and I feel I would sing that in the bathroom; I would buy that album, and I think Katy Perry's amazing!
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Jenna's traveled with me; they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's campaigns to really be involved in.
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I'm not the biggest comic book fan.
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I did almost two years on 'One Life to Live,' so I was thinking, 'Oh yeah, I'm an actor now.'
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The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas - fascism, communism, the atomic bomb.
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The most amazing set where I've shot 'Game of Thrones' is definitely Croatia, in Dubrovnik. It's such a stunning country with lots of good watersports there as well. Just a beautiful, beautiful place.
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If I'm trying to rebound after a bad hole, I just go back to tempo and process and rhythm, and I cling to my routine.
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I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.
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Nobody really believes in equality anyway.
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Giving people some kind of control over what they do is important. Human beings don't do their best work under conditions of control.
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One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it.
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I'm a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.
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And the first flight of the tether satellite happened in '92, and I was the backup on that flight.
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At 93, I'm not looking forward to fame and fortune.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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You always care about your teammates, and you care about the game.
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'Straight Outta Compton' was such a great movie, and obviously, I'm in the music business, so getting to see that piece of history was amazing, and it was an incredible movie.
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If you live in a small space, you should do the things that make it feel luxurious.
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You have to live in reality: not in what might happen but what is happening.
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The only thing I could be better at is to be around more. Other than that, I'm a great dad. I come to the soccer games and teach her stuff, go over her homework with her every night; we stay on the phone. I try to be as good as a dad as I can be.
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Knowing how to die is knowing how to live. What is death anyway? It's the outcome of life.
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I always thought I was going to be a great poet, and go and live in New York, where the great poets lived - you know, where Whitman had walked the streets.
