Lena Dunham Quotes
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Whatever the situation at hand, that's what I'm dealing with and trying to be true to it in that moment.
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In America it's live by the sword of freedom of expression and be will to die by it as well.
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All I'm asking for is the law that's been on the books for the last 33 years, no public funding for abortion. We are both saying the same thing, pro-life, pro-choice. Let's find the language that works for both of us so we can pass health care.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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Israel is stronger than all those who curse it.
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I can't comprehend that I'm in the film of 'Les Miserables.' It's one of those dreams I thought would be unattainable for someone like me, who came from nowhere.
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Having children is exciting. Life puts the past into perspective.
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To me, 'rock star' conjures up something like a mystic: someone who sees himself as above other people, someone who has the key to the secret that people want to know.
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I've lived in the Hamptons since 1978, when I first bought my store Barefoot Contessa.
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What is sought can never produce the seeking.
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I'm sharpest early, and though I can rewrite any time, day or night, I'm useless after noon when it comes to writing first draft.
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America is a meritocracy.
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I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.
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When you get older, 10 matches a year are enough.
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I was always fascinated by politics, and I was exposed to it quite a lot.
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I know there are writers who like to say that every novel is hard, and it doesn't get easier. That may be the case, and I've only written two. But the first, to me, was characterized by an enduring oscillation between perseverance and a profound doubt.
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I would like to find, or I would like a part to come to me that is like the part that Dennis Franz was fortunate to be able to play on 'NYPD Blue,' a sort of similar-looking actor to me, a generic, bald white guy who you would often think of as playing the authority figure. But he was the disgruntled middle-man. That would be a fun character.
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The process is intense and the producers, who are intelligent men, are bringing in new people for a fresh look at a complicated project that has been in the making for 10 years.
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People who told you to "think fast" were always those who thought much more slowly than you did.
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Champagne is the only drink that leaves a woman still beautiful after drinking it.
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Relying on words to lead you to the truth is like relying on an incomplete formal system to lead you to the truth. A formal system will give you some truths, but as we shall soon see, a formal system, no matter how powerful—cannot lead to all truths.
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Death is not something any one of us want to dwell on, but we must all confront it at some point.
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Mankind must give up war in the Atomic Era. What is at stake is the life or death of humanity.
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I feel like I don't watch that many shows with death.
