Yuri Lowenthal Quotes
Sometimes I become attached to a character because I've gotten to explore him for so long, like in the case of Ben, but sometimes I fall in love with a throwaway character who exists for only one scene in a video game like The Drunken Villager in 'Diablo III' or Sandal in 'Dragon Age.'
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Being nervous isn't always the worst thing for me.
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The legacy of the fairy story in my brain is that everything will work out. In fiction it would be very hard for me, as a writer, to give a bad ending to a good character, or give a good ending to a bad character. That's probably not a very postmodern thing to say.
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.
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My father is a poet, my stepmother is a poet, and so I always had encouragement as a child to write.
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The patient decides when it's best to go.
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Chinese consumption, particularly high-end consumption, is booming.
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When I grew up, my role model was my grandma because she's just the best.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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The coolest person to yourself is yourself, and we're like nerds, and we love to be smart, and that's okay.
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Women with minimal access to resources and no access to child care have limited choices that too often mean low-wage and part-time labor. In rural communities in the developing world, when women farmers have unequal access to fertilizers or training, their farm productivity lags behind men.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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The Iran nuclear issue is on top of the agenda. It is a very complicated issue with long history.
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I really appreciate people like Rosie coming out and saying I've inspired them.
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Unfortunately, the Senate Democrats have become an extreme party. They have become a party that has abdicated their responsibilities. Under Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats, we have a do-nothing Senate.
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I received free health care.
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I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.
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I have friends who read my books in Greek.
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I'm more comfortable writing traditional protagonists. But 'Steve Jobs' and 'The Social Network' have antiheroes. I like to write antiheroes as if they're making their case to God about why they should be allowed into heaven. I have to find something in that character that is like me and write to that.
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I've met Dick Syron. I like the guy. He's a man's man kind of character, a real charmer, the kind of guy you'd want to have a beer with, as well as being an economist of considerable repute.
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Acting is like going to the gym. You have to keep yourself in shape and concentrate on your core.
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I liked the push and pull of that, between the outer political world and the inner personal lives of the characters. It's also real life... Many of us are keenly aware of world events, but break your nose and I bet that's the main thing you'd be focused on.
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Sometimes I become attached to a character because I've gotten to explore him for so long, like in the case of Ben, but sometimes I fall in love with a throwaway character who exists for only one scene in a video game like The Drunken Villager in 'Diablo III' or Sandal in 'Dragon Age.'
