Tavi Gevinson Quotes
I'd like 'Rookie' to be a helpful resource, but I never want it to be too prescriptive. Hopefully, it also makes the reader feel encouraged to think for herself.
Quotes to Explore
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Indians invest more in Britain than in the rest of European Union combined. It is not because they want to save on interpretation costs, but because they find an environment that is welcoming and familiar.
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I want variety. I certainly don't want any kind of hype if I can avoid it. I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety, I suppose, because - like a lot of people - I'm easily bored.
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People tweet before they think, and it becomes obsessive.
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I think the mental victory is worth it as much as a gold medal.
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I grew up in different parts of Africa. I grew up in Mozambique and places like that. I've been in South Africa many times.
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I think lots of actors are very nervous and shy. I know lots of them who are, and some who aren't of course.
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I don't like celebrities; I don't hang out with them; I don't relate to that life.
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I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven mattresses; each book is a pea.
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Well, only Japanese may understand it, but I'm like a goat or something that likes high places.
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At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
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I don't think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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The only thing I've kind of missed is finding a really good western that I want to do, because I watched westerns a lot.
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I reject the insurance model. I think we should have a free-market approach to healthcare.
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When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.
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Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.
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I want a platform that, like a book or a magazine, I can carry into the bath or leave at the beach.
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I always think the most romantic books or films are the ones where the romance doesn't happen, because it makes your heart ache so much watching it.
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Of course it would depend on the project, but I don't think I could ever separate myself from my aesthetic.
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Well documented, the relationship of literature to myth in the Western world has undergone much change over the millennia, as first the age of gods fell away before the notion of a single god, and then, for many people, that single god slipped away, too.
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I get the 'The New York Times' and 'Los Angeles Times' thrown at my door every morning. I'll read the front page of 'The New York Times,' then the op-eds, then scan the arts section and then the sports section. Then I do the same with the 'L.A. Times.'
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My first direct encounter with the military was when I joined ROTC as a graduate student, although my father, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps, can trace the military service in our family all the way back to the Revolutionary War.
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You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes.
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I'd like 'Rookie' to be a helpful resource, but I never want it to be too prescriptive. Hopefully, it also makes the reader feel encouraged to think for herself.
