Stephanie Perkins Quotes
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There is a recurring temptation for any nation, and for any writer who operates within its field of force, to make an ornament of the past: to turn the losses to victories and to restate humiliations as triumphs.
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Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
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I'm more of a guy's girl. I like having a beer in a bar, and I don't bicker or sit down and do my nails.
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My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.
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I've stopped caring about skeptics, but if they libel or defame me they will end up in court.
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I'm not an atheist. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.
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The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.
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Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.
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Recreational shopping is the shortest distance between two points: you and broke.
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We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line.
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There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.
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Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain away.
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The TV business is soul crushing, talent destroying and human being destroying.
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I wasn't going to make a slick, glossy over-produced piece of entertainment because then I would be doing what the Capitol did. Then I'm actually putting on the Hunger Games and not making a movie of the 'Hunger Games.'
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What I am going to tell you is this: Although it is commonly believed that the War on Terrorism is a noble effort to defend freedom, in reality, it has little to do with terrorism and even less to do with the defense of freedom.
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I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.
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I do feel that I need to do at least one more Western - I think you need to make three Westerns to call yourself a Western director.
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I'm concerned about my daughter because she will not believe in Santa Claus. No matter what I say to her, she just doesn't buy it, and she's 2. I refuse to give it up. I say, 'There is a Santa Claus,' and she says, 'Okay, Mommy. In pretend world, right?' She really doesn't believe.
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I lost about 60 pounds. I don't really have a moment specifically that made me do it. I remember little things, like, when I was in Japan, I remember looking around at the portion sizes of a fast food restaurant and being like, 'Well, this has something to do with it.' Americans definitely eat too much.
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So it's not so much that I set out to do something different, it's just that the songs themselves require their own individual voice and attention.
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For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.
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The feeling of love is a rich feeling, but the expression of love in word or deed is a joy.
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How could I have ever for a moment believed I wasn't in love with him?
