Tao Lin Quotes
My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
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I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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Researchers looked at news programs on major broadcast and cable networks between 2008 and 2012 and found that of those labeled as domestic terrorists, 81% were identifiable as Muslims - this despite the fact that FBI reports from the period studied revealed that only 6% of domestic terrorist suspects were Muslim.
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The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.
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I do no writing while I'm in Belgrade visiting my grandma.
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I went to bed last night dreaming of tuna melts. I love food.
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I want to pursue a career in film.
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The first single I released, 'Anything Goes,' is probably one of the best-written songs I've heard in a long time. It takes somebody knowing who you are. Sometimes writers know who an artist is and what they want to say and how they sing. I will never be opposed to cutting a song if somebody nails my life and what I'm going through.
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I pinch myself daily at the good fortune of my life, you know, in many ways.
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We are creating the new Atlanta, along with Rich Homie Quan and Young Thug. We bring the spaghetti, put it in the bowl, mix it together, and we make the new Atlanta.
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I just sing the songs that people don't expect you to sing, because I just love having fun at karaoke and I'm always a bit nervous to sing something serious.
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When I first started out as a young journalist, I know that on at least two occasions, when I walked into a newsroom, I knew I was replacing the black person in that job.
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People say that about me, that I apparently buy houses near every boy I like - that's a thing that I apparently do. If I like you I will apparently buy up the real-estate market just to freak you out so you leave me.
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There are no plans that always work in life. For me, the secret to happiness is being positive and looking at the brighter side of my life.
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Papa died when he was 77.
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When I see a movie with someone it's kind of uncomfortable.
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Today, only 2 percent of the people know the name of someone serving in uniform. That means 2 percent of your listeners can actually conjure up the image of someone wearing the uniform of the military of the United States.
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Foreign politicians don't have resources - or limited resources. It's useless dealing with them.
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I often meet adults in their 30s, 40s, or 50s who, as soon as they recognize me, suddenly become six years old again.
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We refuse to be treated as the doormat for the government to wipe its jackboots on.
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I believe the death of Bobby Kennedy was in many ways the death of decency in America. I think it was the death of manners and formality, the death of poetry and the death of a dream.
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If you have a good script, that's what gets you involved. It's harder to write a good screenplay than to find something.
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My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
