Todd Solondz Quotes
For me, New Jersey is kind of a mythical place. It's emblematic of a certain aspect of American life. Florida is the same way. It's where people go to recreate, to reinvent themselves. It's what California used to be. I think Florida is still a place to erase the past.
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Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
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Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career.
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I think, for the majority of my twenties, I was always so concerned with what I didn't have, or what I still wanted.
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There was a long time where I was an 'artist' in quotes, who had no money. But I guess back then I also never had a girlfriend.
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Nothing heightens chaos more than a berserk wild animal right in the middle.
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Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of that process.
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Rag paper, containing hemp fiber, is the highest quality and longest lasting paper ever made. It can be torn when wet, but returns to its full strength when dry.
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Every year the World Series should go seven games for the dramatics of it.
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I think quotes are very dangerous things.
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There is no kind way to rip the skin off animals' backs. Anyone who wears any fur shares the blame for the torture and gruesome deaths of millions of animals each year.
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It's always about the music, never about anything else.
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'Green Garden' is about beauty and joy and lush green and dance and excitement and smiling from within.
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I wanted to be a skinny little ballerina but I was a voluptuous little Italian girl whose dad had meatballs on the table every night.
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Saying you want to be a model when you grow up is akin to saying you want to win the Powerball when you grow up. It's awesome, and it's out of your control, and it's not a career path.
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Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.
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A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
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Human life can be lived like a poem.
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There's something to be said about sitting in front of the TV and being removed from your own life and just pushed into another one.
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Nothing can be sadder or more profound than to see a thousand things for the first and last time. To journey is to be born and die each minute...All the elements of life are in constant flight from us, with darkness and clarity intermingled, the vision and the eclipse; we look and hasten, reaching out our hands to clutch; every happening is a bend in the road...and suddenly we have grown old. We have a sense of shock and gathering darkness; ahead is a black doorway; the life that bore us is a flagging horse, and a veiled stranger is waiting in the shadows to unharness us.
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All things considered, defending our borders by building a fence to keep out people is a necessity. There is no more humane alternative when it comes to protecting ourselves. We must act humanely, within the law, while honoring transparency, but with firm resolve.
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War can be avoided, and it ought to be avoided. I want no war.
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There's nothing wrong with trying to reach out to new fans.
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For me, New Jersey is kind of a mythical place. It's emblematic of a certain aspect of American life. Florida is the same way. It's where people go to recreate, to reinvent themselves. It's what California used to be. I think Florida is still a place to erase the past.
