Leighton Meester Quotes
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I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else.
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Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is mentally helpful: 'This is the place where I answer email and write blog posts,' and 'over there is the place where I do the dishes.'
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I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's how consensus is constructed.
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If there is the right opportunity for us to have a big oil play in Congo or somewhere else, we will definitely go for it.
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The only thing documentary filmmakers have to work with, at least the way I make films, is trust. That's been true of everyone from James Carville and George Stephanopoulos to the kids in 'American High' to the soldiers in 'Military Diaries' to Anna Wintour to Dick Cheney.
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Men are domineering in rural Haryana, and that shows in sport, too.
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The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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I think Teach for America has suffered from the fact that I did not teach, in a major way. I also think if I had taught, I wouldn't have started Teach for America.
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A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment.
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So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash.
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Sales don't always have anything to do with good or brilliant or original. Sales are about appeal.
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When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means.
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I never thought of myself as a singer, like ever, ever, ever. It's hysterical that I sing.
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I never wanted to be one of those actors with a political agenda.
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The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.
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I think it's important to remember where I began. I know that when I talk to other writers, say, writers from the South or writers from abroad, it's where they begin as children that is important to them.
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Before I was born, my mom and my dad, they used to rescue dogs, so at one point, they had 13 dogs. And they were all from different litters. It wasn't like they were bred. They were all from different people. And they were all different ages. When I grew up at my dad's house, I think we had seven at one point.
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I have a lot of ideas come to me when I'm working that are different from the plan, and sometimes that can be a little overwhelming and difficult for directors.
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I kept saying that I'd never live in L.A., and I didn't think I would. But that's where the work is, and I ended up making a lot of friends there, and my old friends moved out to Los Angeles too. And also, I think when you're famous, its hard to live in a small town.
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You can't put rubbish into a computer and get something good out.
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On the mountains mistakes are fatal. In politics, mistakes are wounding emotionally, but you recover. Personally, wilderness helps me get back in touch with natural rhythms, helps me reflect and, in the process, restore my creativity.
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People are pretty respectful for the most part.
