Lauren Groff Quotes
Among so many things, 'Time Passes' has shown me subversive ways of portraying time, of looking away from the human to the far more terrifying, far more immense texture of time beneath the minute span of a human life.
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If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work - because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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All performers get on stage because they need to feel love from an audience. I might appear confident, but those three seconds before I get out there, I'm a mess. But I have to take the risk; otherwise, I'd be miserable and would feel like I wasn't seeing through my personal destiny.
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I believe in the impossible because no one else does.
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Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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Most people live in the city and go to the country at the weekend, and that's posh and aristocratic, but actually to live in the country and come to London when you can't take it any more is different.
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My dad's a Jew, and my mom's a WASP, so that should pretty much say it all. It was a comically dysfunctional family.
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I think change needs to be egoless. It's not about my leaving my fingerprints or a legacy. It's more important to be part of a process by rolling up your sleeves, being on the ground, initiating projects, starting campaigns - you know, building stuff.
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Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind.
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I never go on a run when I don't think of my dad, where I don't think about how powerful his legs were and what happened because, unfortunately, he didn't take care of himself.
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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I'm skilled in the Twitter and Instagram sense of the social media verse.
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I learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.
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We are driven by providing technology to enterprise customers.
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Spine transplants are what we really need to take Reagan on.
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When I'm 80 years old, I don't know what I want to be remembered for.
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There's not much TV these days where you really get that element of surprise. There are so many spoilers all the time.
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The whole order of nature evinces a progressive march towards a higher life.
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Love yourself like your life depends on it, because it does.
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I'm the elected sheriff, and I'm going to keep doing what the Constitution says I can do.
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I started freelancing for the Associated Press. I had a great mentor there who sort of taught me everything.
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Among so many things, 'Time Passes' has shown me subversive ways of portraying time, of looking away from the human to the far more terrifying, far more immense texture of time beneath the minute span of a human life.
