Ed O'Brien Quotes
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I just love vintage. I have far too many vintage dresses.
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I think people appreciate honesty.
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I love Quentin Tarantino; I love Harmony Korine, Larry Clarke.
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I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
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My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.
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I'm an artist at heart.
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I'm so bad at baseball, I can't even hit now.
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Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day.
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There's a policy now of opening the doors to the outside world.
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You wouldn't recognize me from one project to the next.
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I hardly ever write when I'm just feeling great.
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I have a degree in European history, which didn't necessarily have any direct impact on my career, but I'm grateful I studied something other than acting in college.
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Israel has a fantastic film industry, and many times we are known for our political films or films that have to do with the army. I love the fact that we can show that there are films coming out of Israel that are just for fun.
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Unfortunately, the public might not know that we get a script usually two days before shooting. So sometimes I'm shooting an episode and don't even know how it's going to end because I haven't read that yet.
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A Constitution should be short and obscure.
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I've always sung in choirs and acapella groups, but when I was in college, I finally started writing songs and playing with a band, and that ignited a desire to do it full time and pour everything I had into it.
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By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.
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Students never think it can be the teacher's fault and so I thought I was stupid. I was frustrated and would come home and cry because I couldn't do it. Then we got a new teacher who made math accessible. That made all the difference and I learned that it's how you present it that makes it scary or friendly.
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The temptation to believe that the Universe is the product of some sort of design, a manifestation of subtle aesthetic and mathematical judgment, is overwhelming. The belief that there is "something behind it all" is one that I personally share with, I suspect, a majority of physicists.
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The promotion of family continuity and stability is a legitimate state interest.
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Fair treatment of human beings and animals in many different realms strikes a chord with me.
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The book which the reader now holds in his hands, from one end to the other, as a whole and in its details, whatever gaps, exceptions, or weaknesses it may contain, treats of the advance from evil to good, from injustice to justice, from falsity to truth, from darkness to daylight, from blind appetite to conscience, from decay to life, from bestiality to duty, from Hell to Heaven, from limbo to God. Matter itself is the starting-point, and the point of arrival is the soul. Hydra at the beginning, an angel at the end.
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It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country.
