Rae Carson Quotes
I dreamed about this as a kid, that I would write - and people would read - a whole series of books. I feel accomplished, giddy, and tired. Mostly, though, I feel thankful. A trilogy is a huge investment on the part of author, publisher, and reader, and I'm grateful that so many people were willing to invest along with me.
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I feel like, for me, different environments are very important to me creatively. I think it's my norm to be on the move.
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I grew up thinking there was something called 'independent film,' which I wouldn't necessarily have had access to if there wasn't Sundance.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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In law school, I earned the respect of professors and served on the editorial board of 'The Yale Law Journal.'
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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
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I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different stuff, you know what I mean?
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I feel there's enough seriousness in the world without seeing it in the theatre.
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In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
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It's huge in the U.K., if someone's doing well, to put them down. That's what we do all the time. It's kind of like a cultural thing.
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I think the audience keeps it fresh for me. You just never know – every audience has its own personality.
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Midi is my hobby.
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
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'Breakfast at Tiffany's' isn't a great movie because Audrey Hepburn is brilliant and everyone else isn't. It's a great movie because everybody is fascinating, and she is at the center of it being amazing.
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I'm a T-shirt-and-jeans-with-combat-boots guy. And if I don't have to shave, I don't.
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We encourage the growth of women's hockey.
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I've approached every character I've ever played with a poem, first and foremost.
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When you want to win, and you want to go to work every day, you want to work with high character people; you want to work with classy people.
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The genius-in work and in deed-is necessarily a squanderer: the fact that he spends himself constitutes his greatness.
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I have to tell people that they are not responsible for their behavior. They're not creating it; they're not initiating anything. It's all found somewhere else. That's an awful lot to relinquish.
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I was working at a phone company. I got tired of my life and wanted to change it, so I did.
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If you cut down the forest, you know what happens: The whole of Asia turns into a desert. Without water, you're talking civil unrest, war, mud slides - the whole bloody lot.
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I dreamed about this as a kid, that I would write - and people would read - a whole series of books. I feel accomplished, giddy, and tired. Mostly, though, I feel thankful. A trilogy is a huge investment on the part of author, publisher, and reader, and I'm grateful that so many people were willing to invest along with me.
