Lena Dunham Quotes
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Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs did not start out wealthy, and actually added to income inequality, but we all benefit from their creative effort.
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Running for office was definitely something I've thought about. When I was younger, I wanted to major in political science. And I've been engaged in current events since I was a kid. If I can make a difference and feel passionately and capable, then I would. Why not?
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I used to be so self-conscious about my braces that people thought I was shy - I just never talked. It took me a long time to realize, whatever, it's not like I'll have them forever, so I might as well enjoy it while I do!
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I haven't only been offered Hasidic roles.
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You have to fight for your health and stay on top of it. Our bodies are meant to be healthy.
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I have so much music inside me I'm just trying to stay afloat. I don't tend to write for a particular band - you have to just write the songs and then let God into the room and let the music tell you what to do.
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When you are a photographer, you work all the time, because your eye is the first camera.
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Mark Twain created a new type of literature and not a lot of people can say that. Not a lot of people can say they're absolutely original and completely self-made.
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And we broadcast tapes sent to us from Americans against the war. These were most effective I believe.
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I don't mind Ryan Bader thinking he deserves a title shot.
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It is unsound for an independent editor to be a financial contributor to any cause which would cause any type of special pleading.
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The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect, between life and death. When literature becomes too intellectual - when it begins to ignore the passions, the emotions - it becomes sterile, silly, and actually without substance.
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It's not 2038 that Social Security is bankrupt. It's now.
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Concern should drive us into action, not into a depression.
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To think of shadows is a serious thing.
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When I was new, I didn't know where my career will go. Initially, my films were not even successful, but then I learned a lot from my mistakes.
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I have to believe that people can change, otherwise I deny the Gospel, and I will not do that.
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Even writing verses from my first album, there were songs that I didn't use because I just felt that they weren't really for me. But I think that happens naturally when you write songs. You're in a different mood in every session. There's so many songs out there that could potentially be used by other artists.
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My Portuguese uncle had a Portuguese version of a ukulele. The family would pull it out after dinner and play Portuguese folk songs on it. I couldn't wait for him to finish so I could get my hands on it. I was seven or eight years old. And he used to have a Fender amp in his house and an electric guitar. I would spend hours making sounds.
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All those pseudo-Hollywood movies set nowhere, with everybody good looking and having great physique - that's not working any more.
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So far, I've only sailed in the Caribbean. I've sailed the Virgin Island and The Grenadines. I liked all that. We charted some really crummy boats in the Grenadines. That made for an exciting sailing trip (laughs) when everything goes well. When everything goes well. When sails rip, engines freeze up and you find there are organisms growing inside the diesel, it's terrible and amazing stuff.
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One of my bosses happened to be one of the early architects of some of the ways Internet providers work. He taught me how the cables connect, how the telecom providers work... I learned how to make my own Ethernet cables, all the way up to running a small business.
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I have an agent now.
