Hanya Yanagihara Quotes
I think that fiction writers can write about anyone. If you are writing a character, and the only thing they are to you is their otherness, then you haven't written a character.
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All over the world, people are looking at India and saying 'wow', and that's because we have begun to say 'wow' ourselves.
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Saint Joseph's still is among the smaller-enrollment institutions with a big-time basketball program. The Jesuits still offer the same high-quality education. St. Joe's students and alumni are as supportive as ever, and their spirit is unquenchable.
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Being a public servant, this is a serious job, not like a boxer, you're entertaining people.
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I'd love to play Moon Knight. I don't know if anybody's doing a Moon Knight animated series any time soon.
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I found it an interesting portrait of a marriage in exploring notions of how one partner supports the other, whilst not jeopardizing the greater good - which is the family.
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Try letting a Kindle protect your heart from sniper fire!
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I don't want people to sit and process the song. I want them to just let them bathe over them.
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When it comes to memories of that iconic type, memories that are burned into you, I have maybe ten or so from my childhood. I'm a bad rememberer of situations. I forget almost everything as soon as it happens.
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The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.
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I'm a great believer in letting lyrics just flow out, wherever they come from.
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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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The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
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I feel great physically. I feel really good.
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I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.
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My biggest fears aren't with my work. My biggest fears are walking through hospital doors. Once you can face that, being fearless about your work is easy.
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Whatever I think the song sounds like is what I'll name it. It's a feeling thing; it's not logical at all.
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I was raised doing martial arts.
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Health food makes me sick.
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I did my first interview in 1995 and was asked about my private life. I said, 'Why would I tell you? I don't see the logic in anyone knowing that about me. For whose sake? Nobody wins.'
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The better we get, the better we want to be.
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Fighting is pure chaos, and to be a good fighter you simply have to be prepared mentally and physically to handle that chaos.
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Vocally and stylistically, we'd have different kinds of songs come on the radio, and people didn't realize it was the same band. A lot of the time, a casual fan would come see us and go, 'I didn't know that you guys did that song. I didn't know that was you!' That was us!
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I think 90% of women that I come into contact with are fans of my hair.
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I think that fiction writers can write about anyone. If you are writing a character, and the only thing they are to you is their otherness, then you haven't written a character.
