Noelle Scaggs Quotes
On the road, I try to maintain my connections with friends and family as much as I possibly can. That keeps me pretty grounded.
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I need to feel as if everything is clean and in its proper place before I can even attempt to write one word. At least, that's what I tell myself. I make the bed, I put away the dishes, maybe I dust, maybe I do the laundry, maybe I go to the post office.
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The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
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You have plausible deniability, as they say in politics, as an author with movies. Because if the movie is terrible, you simply say they failed to catch the genius of the book.
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The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.
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We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over.
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Hollywood panders to the 18-to-34 crowd. That demographic doesn't care about race and the package it comes in. They care about the hottest chick. They just like hot chicks.
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He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
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For a Tamil debut, I wanted to make sure the script is the right one. We are hopeful 'Bramhotsavam' will be that film.
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What I'm not about is exploiting women.
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I hate Woody Allen physically, I dislike that kind of man.
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Contemporary literature in the West has shown some signs of ethical change.
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A highly developed moral nature joined to an undeveloped intellectual nature, an undeveloped artistic nature, and a very limited religious nature, is of necessity repulsive. It represents a bit of human nature - a good bit, of course, but a bit only - in disproportionate, unnatural and revolting prominence.
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'McKay tells me that you went home sick,' she said. 'Personally, I hope you don’t survive.'
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Leadership is inspiring people. Management is keeping the trains running on time.
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Punditry is like weather forecasting: the winds can shift without warning. I remember when nobody would bet a McDonald's Quarter Pounder that Bill Clinton would win the White House.
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In the past week it has become clear that the vote on the final healthcare bill will be very close. I take this vote with the utmost seriousness. I am quite aware of the historic fight that has lasted the better part of the last century to bring America in line with other modern democracies in providing single payer health care.
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I'm so happy with 'The Blacklist.' Give me more people to shoot and throw them off buildings.
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I'd quit ballet school, which I thought was going to be my path, but my gut instinct told me to do something different.
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G.O.O.D. Music is just real tastemakers, man. Kanye's a real tastemaker. One thing that I feel is tight about G.O.O.D. is that a lot of people have their own style, and you can see that. My style is different than Pusha's, it's different than Cudi's. But it's also slightly similar 'cause we have some similar tastes.
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If there's a common thread to my books, it is that each involves an individual's journey. The individual must stay true to themselves.
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There is danger that totalitarian governments, not subject to vigorous popular debate, will underestimate the will and unity of democratic societies where vital interests are concerned.
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I want to work with my friends because Canadian genre publishing is a really small pool.
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On the road, I try to maintain my connections with friends and family as much as I possibly can. That keeps me pretty grounded.
