Olivia Thirlby Quotes
I didn't have an incredibly active social life as a teenager. I always wished it was a little bit more exciting than it was.
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Being on your own would be sad, sick and weird. I don't trust myself. I need that balance.
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The media can allege corruption, but if I do the same against the media, I am gagging freedom of expression.
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I've been just eating very healthy, all organic, no sugar, white flour, nothing artificial. I'm being so incredibly strict... not a lot of meat!
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The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.
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Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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I have to stay calm, cool, and collected.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.
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There's a fine line between a stream of consciousness and a babbling brook to nowhere.
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We need to fight to prove to people that it is possible to form an E.U. migration policy that is in line with the Hungarian national interest.
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I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot.
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Fame and fortune are as hard to find as a lightning strike.
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And my friends, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
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If you get 10,000 guys to put their ideal woman into a computer, it still comes out looking like Angelina Jolie.
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Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble.
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What inspired me to become an author? I think it was the snow in New York. I looked out the window and I said, 'Well, I have to get dressed every morning to go to teach, but if I write a book, I can stay home in my bathrobe, eat candy corn.'
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A guy out there was meant to be the love of your life, your best friend, your soul mate, the one you can tell your dreams to. He'll brush the hair out of your eyes. Send you flowers when you least expect it. He'll stare at you during the movies, even though he paid $8 to see it. He'll call to say goodnight or just cause he's missing you. He'll look in your eyes and tell you, you're the most beautiful girl in the world, and for the first times in your life, you'll believe it.
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People will never stop having kids, and people will never stop spending money on them to make sure they're safe, healthy, and educated.
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The Iraqi people are some of the warmest people you'll meet in your life. They are extremely receptive to strangers. Their hospitality is immense.
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I didn't have an incredibly active social life as a teenager. I always wished it was a little bit more exciting than it was.
