Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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I think why I was attracted to making something with Vice is that level of intimacy that you get as the viewer, getting to see some of that production element where we don't exactly know what we're doing, where we're going, or even if it's a good idea.
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Dad said that he was prouder of me than he'd ever been when I came out.
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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
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Being American and being an outsider at the same time, it's a perspective I often bring to a character.
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I don't like stock buybacks. I think if a company has the money to buy their stock back, then they should take that and increase the dividends. Send it back to the stockholder. Let them invest their money again from the dividends.
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I'm constantly intimidated by Shakespeare's work. Trying to decipher what he's saying and holding on to that thought - not just as an actor, but as a human being - is a rigour.
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In writing, I search for believability, simplicity and emotional impact.
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I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I invent something for my publisher because he asks for one, but the final book ends up very differently.
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Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you more than one life. It expands experience and opens new opportunities to readers.
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Sure, 'Les Miserables' can be melodramatic. And seeing the musical instead of reading the novel will save you some time and spare you the long part where Hugo goes on and on about the Parisian sewer system. But I would hate for the novel to lose that.
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I always knew I would act. It was just a matter of time.
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By channeling my inner heiress, I created a new opportunity for young heiresses.
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I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head.
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Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still.
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On paper I would be a rather bold individual in our culture.
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Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver. For me such is not the aim, but to consider only what virtue and power may lie in medicines.
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I stuff animals I find; I do roadkill. They're strangely fun to have. They're like easy-to-control pets.
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I'm in hotel rooms most of the time, and it can be hard to find a hotel with a nice gym. It was important for me to have a workout I could do in my room.
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I'm a health-food junkie, so all of my food is a splurge, money-wise!
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I was at Yale from 1953 to 1957, and I tried to commit suicide in my freshman year because I was gay, and I thought I was the only person in the school who was. I was just totally and utterly miserable.
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I am so like Donna it's funny. And most of my friends are guys too.
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Literature is the thought of thinking souls.
