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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There are so many startups out there raising money. I don't think this is a bad thing. It's a good thing. Entrepreneurship is in vogue. Innovators are innovating. Makers are making.
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That's what makes me insufferable to be around, is that most of my life I have assumed that everyone wants to see me perform and do things all the time.
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Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they'll do wonderful things with them.
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Most comic scriptwriters are very bad. The artists are good, but the writers are so bad.
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My parents were kind of like me in that they had tons and tons of weird, amazing stuff.
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I have an agent now.
