Charlie Jane Anders Quotes
Listen to yourself, hear your own footsteps, your breaths, your heartbeats, oh, how many rhythms you make as you come and go! you are an orchestra.
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Nothing's better than coming away from a film when people don't even recognize you, because you've undergone a total transformation.
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When you negotiate with terrorists, you get more terror.
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The very important thing you should have is patience.
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If you're human, you've had phases in your life when things are in flux.
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You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind.
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You can't try to be authentic. You either are or you aren't.
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I guess when I first started speaking with an American accent, there's a tendency to create a caricature of the accent because you just exaggerate the pieces that stand out to you.
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Commit yourself to a mighty purpose.
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I think you only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider.
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That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them.
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You can't take sides when you know the earth is round.
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When you have a half slice of chocolate pie, it's as if you owe yourself the other half - what's known in medical circles as a 'caloric deficit.'
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There are ogres and black beasts out there; you have to be constantly on guard.
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Attraction is what happens between you. It's not universal. And it's not conventional. And thank God for that.
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When you're a dancer who is injured, you are at the bottom of the food chain. We are so replaceable.
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In stand-up it really helps to play yourself and talk about your own feelings. You cannot fail to be original if you're just talking about what you think about X, Y and Z. Unless you've got a twin brother who's also a stand-up.
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If your investing approach requires that you become Nostradamus to succeed, then you are destined to fail.
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Be yourself. And every person is unique.
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In any sauce you make, start with a concentration of flavors with great acidity. You then re-dilute the sauce, but the proportion of liquid you add should not be so high that you wash away the extracted flavor you're aiming to create.
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Can any sane person say that before something comes on the Net you must screen it? How can there be pre-screening?
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The Midwest breeds funny, eccentric people, to varying degrees. You play shows not because you're expecting to get a record deal, but to do something fun outside of mowing lawns. Everything else is just gravy... Or mustard.
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You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants.
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I think that the failure of newspaper competition in a community is a very serious handicap to the dissemination of the knowledge that the citizens need to participate in a democracy.
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Listen to yourself, hear your own footsteps, your breaths, your heartbeats, oh, how many rhythms you make as you come and go! you are an orchestra.
