William Finnegan Quotes
I'm trying to find out what's actually true, which is nearly always something, if not a world of things, that you can't read in books.
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In the age of the internet when everybody's a pundit, we're still gonna need somebody there to go talk to the colonels, to be on the ground in Baghdad and stuff and that's very expensive.
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Karaoke is something that's near and dear and very close to my heart. I was a karaoke host when I was working my way through university. I was a full-time student and karaoke was my night job.
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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We need leaders who will stand unapologetically in defense of marriage.
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We need to think of chronic disease, hypertension, cancer, like H1N1. In fact, there's an epidemic of chronic disease.
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Getting pummelled is better than not playing anything at all.
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At no point am I ever threatened by people who question who I am, or why I like the things I do, or my legitimacy. Because I know who I am very strongly, and I think that's what geek culture can reinforce.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.
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Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.
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Be skeptical of concepts that divorce war from its political nature, particularly those that promise fast, cheap victory through technology.
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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As I always like to keep in mind about everything: Don't fight the trend.
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I'm not the girl next door.
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I'll work out with my trainer twice a week, and I'll do some Power Pilates and might throw in some yoga. I love to row also. The main thing for me is just to move every single day for 30 minutes to an hour.
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Honestly, I get more recognized for 'Three Men and a Little Lady' than 'Harry Potter'.
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Money is neither my god nor my devil. It is a form of energy that tends to make us more of who we already are, whether it's greedy or loving.
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It's surreal working with people you admire. I don't think it ever goes away, no matter how human people are; there's always that moment of 'Oh wow, that's still George Clooney!' But I find that the most talented people tend to be the nicest.
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If I saw someone in need and I did nothing, I'd be defacing my own humanity.
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Usually when you're doing a season one, you're trying to find the show.
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The world has changed, the CIA is having to change, and again, the challenge for someone like me as a spy novelist is to write realistically about where they're actually going.
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I'm trying to find out what's actually true, which is nearly always something, if not a world of things, that you can't read in books.
