Andrew Miller Quotes
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If you've followed my career at all, you will know that I perform best in comfortable surroundings. Though other leagues may seem more enticing to other players, it's something I'm just not interested in doing personally.
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I don't want my writing to be work to read. My main goal is completely shameless entertainment. I want people to smile and giggle and enjoy the book. I'm not trying to save the world through literature.
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On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth of life as an end in itself, as against the saints who deny it.
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'Independents' - the industry term for companies that have more capital and know-how than the typical 'wildcatter' - can grow either by exploring and finding reserves or by buying a company that already has them.
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I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That's what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act.
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Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able to define it to everyone's satisfaction.
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If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would say I was against it.
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Individuals want to know that none of their own money is being invested in companies that put their profits ahead of international security.
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When our backs are on the wall, that's the time when we enjoy having fun, relax out there, do our thing, don't get the pressure on, see the results, day by day, game by game.
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Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there.
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When a president speaks, it's to multiple audiences.
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My whole career has been from scratch, so I never took it for granted that people care and support what I do.
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I was free when I was 12 because I got my first skateboard. I've been free ever since.
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Having a baby is a life-changer. It gives you a whole other perspective on why you wake up every day.
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Puerto Rico is a powerful island.
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In the lead-up to competitions, I just watch box sets and DVDs and play 'Candy Crush.'
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The president I came to know best was George Herbert Walker Bush. No. 41 in your program, No. 1 on your list of fast-playing golfers.
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We cannot make the world safe for democracy unless we also make the world safe for diversity.
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My biggest role as director on the film is keeping a sense of the overview - how to cast the movie and shoot it in such a way that it will cut together. And how to design the style and tone.
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I just never did buy this idea that you have to live in Los Angeles to be an actor. I didn't see that as a requirement in my job description.
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Anyone can be a Son Of God if they wish to be and have the faith. I need to articulate this so everyone understands.
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The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it.
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When the Taliban was ruling Afghanistan, women were not allowed to go to school, to work, or even leave the house without a male chaperone. The greatest moment was when that ended.
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Like everyone else in the house, she suffers from dreams.
