Pardis Sabeti Quotes
So much of the physical world has been explored. But the deluge of data I get to investigate really lets me chart new territory. Genetic data from people living today forms an archaeological record of what happened to their ancestors 10,000 years ago.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm constantly trying to find something that's different from me, whereas some actors do the same thing, again and again. That's not for me.
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In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.
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When I was travelling in Rajasthan people were waving hands, and it felt like I was visiting my own constituency.
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I try to get in people's heads. My job is to get the ball, so if I'm talking trash to an O-lineman or quarterback or receiver, and they start thinking about me, that's good, because they aren't thinking about the game anymore.
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For me, opposition is just another opposition.
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I hate these platforms that are all over the place today; they are all about grabbing attention. They are suburban! I never do a platform. Well, I did, in the 1970s, but that was a bad experience.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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The death of chief justice Rehnquist and the president's nomination of John Roberts raises the stakes for the court and the American people exponentially.
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I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.
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I'm in this band to give volume to various struggles throughout the world. To me, the tension in this band is a minimal sacrifice.
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I'm a huge fan of e-books, but the more I buy and download, the more I worry that someone could just take them all away from me.
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Most people don't understand that being in the public eye is emotionally exhausting. It takes a lot out of you.
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We're certainly not in position to expand into the East. We've been very candid and up front that if, in fact, we go through an expansion process, the world will know about it.
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The pledge drive has everything going against it as broadcasting. It's repetitive. It's ad-libbed by people who can't ad-lib. It's about asking for money, which is something nobody wants to hear, even from their own relatives.
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Originally, I wanted to be a composer. I always tell people, 'I think of myself as a composer.'
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How in the world any one weighing 185 pounds can be cute is beyond me.
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Chinatown is tremendously interesting... It's a part of the city that hasn't really been explored in crime literature or in any general literature. It's as though Chinatown didn't exist. People write about New York without mentioning Chinatown at all.
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I find that talking about myself is often the most boring thing in the world. Sixty per cent of interviews I find mechanical.
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That's something I learned in art school. I studied graphic design in Germany, and my professor emphasized the responsibility that designers and illustrators have towards the people they create things for.
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We want these movies to be timeless, and we want people to really engage with the characters and find something that they can really relate to and emotionally connect with.
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Period dramas seem to take actors to the next level because they do so well in America.
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Rahm Emanuel is, we are almost certain, a vampire.
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People would ask me why I was doing what I was doing – but I always told them that I just loved to skate. There was no other explanation.
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So much of the physical world has been explored. But the deluge of data I get to investigate really lets me chart new territory. Genetic data from people living today forms an archaeological record of what happened to their ancestors 10,000 years ago.
