Olivia Thirlby Quotes
I'm such a homebody. I don't party. I don't drink. That may be because I got it out all out of my system before I was 18.
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Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.
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Some people say I chastise the Republican Party too much.
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Gee I don't know, I just want to get home.
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Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
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We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves.
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He was about building up the Trump name and then selling it and leasing it in as many different ways as possible.
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You can't try to be somebody you're not; that's not style. If someone says, 'Buy this - you'll be stylish,' you won't be stylish because you won't be you. You have to learn who you are first, and that's painful.
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Because I am afraid of commitment. This movie certainly has some bearing and is some reflection of my real feeling about relationships, because I do have commitment issues. My friends tell me I have intimacy problems, but they don't know me, so who cares what they think?
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I don't start with a list of historical scenes that I want to include in the book. At a certain point, the narrative totally takes over, and everything that I include I can only incorporate if it answers to the internal terms of the novel.
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Plastic surgery and breast implants are fine for people who want that, if it makes them feel better about who they are. But, it makes these people, actors especially, fantasy figures for a fantasy world. Acting is about being real being honest.
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When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
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Humour is like violence. They both come to you unexpectedly, and the more unpredictable they both are, the better it gets.
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It will be a difficult couple of days. It's difficult now and it will be difficult tomorrow.
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The mid-day meal is a well-intentioned scheme and has to be implemented effectively.
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A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.
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Ice-skating is a dangerous proposition and tennis is going to be something I'm probably not very good at.
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I never want to change so much that people can't recognize me.
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When you're trained for battle, the idea is that it will be man against man.
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One of the things I've started doing lately is tracking my dreams. I feel like there's a lot of information there and you can really bring those emotions to the situations that may feel mundane or familiar. That gives them new life and gives you a new relationship with it - if that makes any sort of sense.
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I like to think I'm like the guy who goes to the office Christmas party Friday night, insults some people, but still has his job Monday morning.
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There are men who are possessed by an urge so strong to do some particular thing that they can't help themselves, they've got to do it. They're prepared to sacrifice everything to satisfy their yearning.
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Did the others here feel the disquiet he felt? Had they a reason for concealing that disquiet? And another question: Where was 'here'?He shut that one down sharply.Deal with one thing at a time. Grope your way gently to the abyss. Categorize your knowledge.
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I'm such a homebody. I don't party. I don't drink. That may be because I got it out all out of my system before I was 18.
