Damon Galgut Quotes
I like to believe that if you pay close attention to the sentences as they unfold, they will draw you in rather than pushing you away.
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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At the age of 13, I felt it was up to me to decide whether I wanted to go to church or be with my mates, and I chose to go to church.
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If a political opponent has different approaches than mine, that doesn't make them a bad person. It means they have different backgrounds, experiences, and ideas.
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First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
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It's always fun teasing the person. When they ask if I'm gay, I say, 'Oh, I don't know.'
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Koran says whoever believes in God in the last day shall be saved. It is a religion whose very name, Islam, comes from the word Shalom, which means peace. It's about establishing peace. We greet each other with peace be upon you, which the Jews do in greeting each other.
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In Sweden, they broadcast the American shows in English with Swedish subtitles, whereas in many European countries they dub them. Watching those shows in English was big for me.
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I've got good speed off the edge.
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There are parallels between the music and film worlds, but they're really very different. I feel like they're just two different ways to channel my creativity.
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I want to know who my client is. I see her on Instagram, but it's another thing to get to chat with her.
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There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.
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I wasn't a ladies' man.
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I don't prepare for anything very well. I am not a good actor. I don't read scripts.
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The idea of being at home and picking up kids from school and cooking dinner and then the husband comes home - there's something that seems really nice to me 'cause I never had that growing up. And it seems so enticing. But in my mind, I'm like, 'Well, I'll just play that in a movie and go about my own life, bizarre as it is.'
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Being mean just for being mean's sake isn't funny.
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You get in before sunrise and you get out after sunset and you go home, eat and collapse. While you're aware of the ratings, you aren't prepared for the response of the fans.
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When I saw 'Pretty In Pink' at the cinema at the age of 11, I just thought it was a period piece from maybe 100 years previously. I had no idea that was what everybody was supposed to be wearing.
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Awards are not something that I measure my work by. I've been so fortunate and I've gotten to do such terrific things that it seems petty to look back and say, 'Oh, I should have gotten that prize.' I don't look at it that way.
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There are many challenges in the global education ecosystem: from top-down systemic issues in how educational services are organized and delivered, to bottom-up issues of curriculum effectiveness, accountability, and human resource allocation.
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Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.
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America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.
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Robert Louis Stevenson... I'm focusing on the late short stories that I was ignorant of. I always thought he was a boys' author, but he's not at all.
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When you put on the headset, you want to be tricked; you want your mind to believe you are actually teleported to this new virtual place.
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I like to believe that if you pay close attention to the sentences as they unfold, they will draw you in rather than pushing you away.
