Lauren Graham Quotes
You want the story to end when it's supposed to and not be squeezed for somebody's financial gain.
Quotes to Explore
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Working as a musician, I have to constantly generate new material, so school keeps me sharp. Reading and writing all the time helps me to be a better songwriter.
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I keep returning to the central question facing over-50 women as we move into our Second Adulthood. What are our goals for this stage in our lives?
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I don't know what I want to do. There are people who want me to do things. There's a possible book. There are lots of things to consider. I just have to figure out what I want to do. I'm not one to sit around and do nothing.
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No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.
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I shifted my career when I was 44 to quit the Washington beats. I had a great Washington beat, a series of them, and I quit to start my tech column, which was a different kind of tech column.
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Part of America's greatness is its willingness to care for those who are truly in need. But those who defraud the system take money and resources away not only from American taxpayers but also from those who truly need help.
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I'm a total people pleaser.
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I can't take the theater side out of myself.
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We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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Every single job is a challenge. You are walking into a new set, a new character, creating a world and trying to get comfortable to do your best work.
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Life is like the ocean, it goes up and down.
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I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble.
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If you think about stuff that happened when you were young, it stays with you forever.
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The truth is, I have more money than I'm interested in spending. Everyone in my family is taken care of.
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What came up at age 49 is I realized that of all the things I'm interested in, the thing I'm most interested in is figuring out what makes people tick, why people think the way they do, why they act the way they do. And I realized that music is such a great way to investigate why people do what they do.
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All the best parts of art come from pain turned to celebration.
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With Facebook, you're not really allowed to be unhappy. Think about it: There's only a like button. Yes, you can be angry, but it's only lighthearted rage. On Reddit, perhaps because you can be anonymous, people are willing to be openly sad or angry. They are more honest.
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The left-brainer and the economist in me says watch what people do, not what they say.
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We are bombarded on all sides by a vast number of messages we don't want or need. More information is generated in a single day than we can absorb in a lifetime. To fully enjoy life, all of us must find our own breathing space and peace of mind.
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The perfect story is one you can retell in three minutes, and every single sentence is interesting.
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Well, I made an announcement to my family at 8 that I wanted to be an actor, and I focused like a laser beam on it. I never had a fallback plan.
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I'm an extreme workaholic.
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You want the story to end when it's supposed to and not be squeezed for somebody's financial gain.
