Lauren Shuler Donner Quotes
It was a fear we had when we started 'Legion,' that there were too many comic-book series out there, and how do you stand out. Our mandate always is to make something different in feel and tone. You try to avoid someone thinking, 'Gee, I've seen this before.'
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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The poem 'What Teachers Make' is not without its detractors. This one person wrote to me and said: 'Gee, Mr. Mali. You don't possibly have a teacher – God complex, do you?' And that was the first time I'd ever heard of that expression. So, yeah, I'm sure I have a teacher – God complex.
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As I followed my dream - stayed in-Spirit, that is, inspired - I made more money in the first year after I gave up my employment than I had made in the previous 35 years of my life.
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I never was for telephones. Just don't like them, that's all. Anybody wants to talk to you, they can come to see you.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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Our concern is to heal. Our concern is to bring together.
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People sort of went crazy when 'BTWAM' came out. I'm happy a bunch of people read it. I'm happy it touched so many people. I'm less happy that it became an object for certain folks or was discussed that way. I'm less happy that journalists started scrolling through my kid's Instagram account.
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That was one of those moments where I felt so confident. I played three matches in the same day.
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I wonder now how tough you have to be to get big things done.
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I think you don't do work for controversy alone, and whenever you do new work which people don't understand and they say it is done to create controversy.
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That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance.
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Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion.
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My stories are Alaska stories, and they need to be told in Alaska. Evergreen Films is located in Alaska; the company does amazing work, and I am thrilled at the prospect of working together.
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And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.
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My life has taken me down several different paths I never expected it to take me down. Not in a million years.
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I do not feel remorse. Everybody makes mistakes in war.
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I want to collect more records from terrorists, but less records from innocent Americans. The Fourth Amendment was what we fought the Revolution over! John Adams said it was the spark that led to our war for independence, and I'm proud of standing for the Bill of Rights, and I will continue to stand for the Bill of Rights.
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I think things can surprise you. I mean, I loved Instagram from the minute it started, but I think it surprised a lot of people how quickly it got huge.
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If you deprive yourself of something, you're going to want it more.
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The lifeblood of Mercy For Animals is our undercover investigations of animal agriculture.
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If the White House could do more to tell parents that getting children reading is their business too, we'd see a big difference. Hollywood and the NBA or NFL could step in, too. In England they have an event called Book Day, where every child receives a pound to use at any bookstore.
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I fear we have shot our bolt - but we have been to Pole and done the longest journey on record.
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It was a fear we had when we started 'Legion,' that there were too many comic-book series out there, and how do you stand out. Our mandate always is to make something different in feel and tone. You try to avoid someone thinking, 'Gee, I've seen this before.'
