Daphne Merkin Quotes
It was through reading that I discovered the crucial, even sacrosanct place the rituals of drinking held in the American imagination - the ingenious way alcohol seemed to lubricate everything from onerous chitchat to self-conscious sexual advances.
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I don't have any message in the music. Music will be fine as long as you take care of yourself.
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Over the years, I have been asked to play these sort of scary frenetic characters that express their emotions physically.
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Shimeji are those odd-looking clusters of small mushrooms you often find in so-called 'exotic' selections at the supermarket. They have an appealing firmness that is retained during light cooking.
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
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There is a unique freshness when eating buckwheat noodles cold with plenty of herbs and citrus acidity. I can't think of any better use of chopsticks on a hot and sweaty evening.
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Exercise is roughly equivalent to an oil lube and a filter for a car. You don't have to do it, but when you do, it makes the car run a lot better.
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Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine that they could ever be really controlled by one power.
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I vicariously lived the life of an independent producer from the time I was four years old. And what was always important was writing, writing, writing.
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But I'm very careful with opinions because I never know what the truth is. When I read what the press says about me, I don't really believe what it says about other people.
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You can't be an entrepreneur and work in a public company anymore.
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I haven't any strength, I haven't any character, I'm a born tool. I haven't any destiny. All I have is dreams. And now other people run them.
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There are beautiful words in the Bible and in our pledges and the Declaration of Independence.
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Just like with America, there are many Americas, and there are many different Mexicos.
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I've never felt at home in Kortedala, or in Gothenburg, so I always felt like I needed to go somewhere and find some kind of perspective on things.
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Fiction, for me, is sort of a protracted way of saying all the things I wished I said the night before.
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I've grown up being obsessed by 'Harry Potter.'
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Those scenes on the beach on 'Lost' were so much fun. When it was a whole group scene, you'd just pop in with a line here and a line there, and there was a little activity, and you essentially spend the day with your friends on the beach. What an amazing working environment.
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I grew up as a tomboy, so I'm used to being around guys.
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There were blogs that called me Miss Piggy. It's a really hard thing to see as a teenager, especially when you already have problems. Reading what people had to say about me online definitely made it worse. People can be vicious.
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I'm not writing non-fiction. I don't feel anything about me as a kid was unique. Except that I had more interest in being alone and using my imagination.
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I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for.
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I love babies, and I have my nephews that I love. I have a great mom and she has raised three kids, so if I take lessons from her, I think I'll be great. All my friends have little brothers or sisters.
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It was through reading that I discovered the crucial, even sacrosanct place the rituals of drinking held in the American imagination - the ingenious way alcohol seemed to lubricate everything from onerous chitchat to self-conscious sexual advances.
