Gerald Abrahams Quotes
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I think at first the Flume project really started out as an online thing. I used Facebook and SoundCloud, and I think we got lucky because it felt like a bit of a golden age of those social media platforms. So I managed to create quite a solid fan base online.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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The European Union will continue to fully support multilateral global governance based on international law, human rights, and strong international institutions.
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I see couples fighting about the stupidest things. You just have to rise above everything.
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Readers let me know that they like books that have more to them than meets the eye. Had they not let me know that, I never would have written 'The View From Saturday.'
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It wasn't until I set out to write a novel about marriage that I realized how little I knew about the institution.
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A man's kiss is his signature.
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I always make a decision, even if it's the wrong one. I hate being confused.
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Our underwear used to just be cotton, but we wanted to see if we could create something out of synthetics.
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The press like to talk to actors. They mustn't be surprised when actors talk back to them.
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There is no concept more generally cherished by publishers than that of the Undeserving Poor.
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I have a lot of energy after 2 A.M. I like to sleep in the morning. I have some problems at the start of the day.
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Your destiny is to fulfill those things upon which you focus most intently. So choose to keep your focus on that which is truly magnificent, beautiful, uplifting and joyful. Your life is always moving toward something.
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Decisions of this Court do not have intrinsic authority.
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It had occurred to Rimford, at about the time he approached fifty, that the chief drawback in contemplating the enormous gulfs of time and space that constitute the bricks and mortar of the cosmologist is that one acquires a dismaying perception of the handful of years allotted a human being.
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I'll pick up your hand and slowly blow your little mind 'Cause I made my mind up you're going to be mine.
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One of our rules for the show, I guess the filter we try to pass everything through, is it's a safe place for women to be. It's not a show for women, because we're basically 50/50 men/women in our audience, but it's a safe place where women win. Women never lose on our show. I think that's very important. It's very unusual.
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Usually, when you get early versions of scripts, they are not very good. I found 'Borgen' amazing from the very first read-through because of how fast-paced and gripping it was. It felt more international because of the way it didn't dwell on the characters' personal lives as many Danish shows used to, but still, nobody thought it would travel.
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I would not know what the spirit of a philosopher might wish more to be than a good dancer.
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You see I thought love got easier over the years so it didn't hurt so bad when it hurt, or feel so good when it felt good. I thought it smoothed out and old people hardly noticed it. I thought it curled up and died, I guess. Now I saw it rear up like a whip and lash.
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Good positions don't win games, good moves do.
