Barton Gellman Quotes
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I don't know if I would say that I'm specifically a history buff. I do find a lot of things fascinating, especially anything that's bizarre or mysterious and unknown and we don't have all the answers for.
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You begin to realize that the genius of our country is the constant push to be more inclusive and find new ways of engaging everyone.
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The thing I love most about going to a book store is the self-help section is the biggest section because Americans know we're screwed up. We know it. But we want to get better.
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My parents were very supportive of me and my artistic endeavours. My father and mother came to every school play I ever did.
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'Cool' is detached and emotionally cool. My instinct is to battle anything that seems overly cool.
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I can't see how I'd learn to be a better actor from reading reviews.
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The thing I'm scared of most is not fulfilling my work. There's so much anxiety around trying to get a movie made that you don't really get to be afraid of anything else.
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The digital revolution has also meant a revolution in access to information. This puts more power and knowledge into the hands of nonexperts.
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Our new pro-growth tax policy will be like a shot of adrenaline into the heart of the Kansas economy.
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I've always dreamed of having a large family.
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There are no words to describe my feelings for Errol Flynn.
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That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.
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The two things that hit you when you meet someone are, first, how they're visually put together and then, what they tell you with the tone of their voice - whether or not they're to be taken seriously.
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I don't think I look up to any players. Obviously you respect everyone.
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Children refuse to compromise. Adults learn how.
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Tenderness is a virtue.
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I suppose I am one: an activist - for animals and a vegan lifestyle. I hear that word, however, and look around to see if someone is indeed referring to me.
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I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes.
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Cryptography is typically bypassed, not penetrated.
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You know when you play Pictionary and someone draws a state? My biggest fear is that I'm not gonna know what state it is. I'm so bad at geography.
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I wish to do something Great and Wonderful, but I must start by doing the little things like they were Great and Wonderful.
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There's only one growth strategy: work hard.
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Largely, now, it was not anger he felt, but rather a kind of bone-scraping, quiet, ever-present sorrow. To come to the place that was supposed to stay the same, to come and find it changed. Dr. Miller had warned him against what he called the 'geographic cure.' You can't fix yourself by going somewhere else, he'd said. You'll always take yourself along.
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Some misunderstandings are hard to cure.
