Randall Munroe Quotes
I don't have hard numbers about this, but the impression I get is that the amount of eyeballs you get from being on the humor shelf at Barnes & Noble - it is almost insignificant.
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I shouldn't say this, but I always love the sidekicks. I want to do a leading-lady role in a film - absolutely. But I find that a lot of times I get attracted to the sidekick role. They stand out a little more because they're quirkier, they're funnier, they're crazier.
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It's impossible for China to keep 10 to 15% growth annually. The economy needed to slow down, and we have to learn to slow down.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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I have to be seen to be believed.
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First of all, I try to be a positive role model.
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A great painting is a great painting.
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.
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Write your own songs. It helps you to mean what you're singing, which will then make it mean something to listeners.
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Overcome your barriers, intend the best, and be patient. You will enjoy more balance, more growth, more income, and more fun!
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We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine.
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Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile!
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The three-thousand hitting thing was the first time I let individual pressure get to me. I was uptight about it. When I saw the hit going through, I had a sigh of relief more than anything.
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I'm a normal girl. I don't go out much, and I don't know what is enjoyment.
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When we grew up, we wanted to do two things: to own a sports team and a casino.
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People who live in a glass house have to answer the door.
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What is a diary as a rule? A document useful to the person who keeps it. Dull to the contemporary who reads it and invaluable to the student, centuries afterwards, who treasures it.
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I went around Coimbatore quite often while I was shooting for Velayudham. It's a fascinating place with a lot of energy.
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Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you've felt, that you have observed.
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You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.
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It's hard to have people talking about you and trashing you in the media and saying they think your career is over... and you are only 25.
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Stop exporting American jobs. Stop exporting American factories, and stop exporting American sovereignty and independence to global institutions like the World Trade Organization.
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Life is tough; and if you have the ability to laugh at it, you have the ability to enjoy it.
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I don't have hard numbers about this, but the impression I get is that the amount of eyeballs you get from being on the humor shelf at Barnes & Noble - it is almost insignificant.
