Lenny Abrahamson Quotes
I'm interested in discontinuities and interruptions, people having to rewrite the narrative of their lives because of sudden changes.
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I have always been driven; I've always wanted to be published, and I wanted to make that happen, so I worked very hard. 'Perfectionist' would be a word to describe me.
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I told the Mucinex people, 'You picked me because I always sound sick'. They were like, 'Well, it doesn't hurt'.
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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Most of us believe that women can do what men do. The challenge is to convince employers, legislators, mothers, that men can do what women do.
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I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.
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The way I perceive an album to sound and the way I put out mixtapes are two different energies. There's a different focus; there's a different sound.
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When men I have dated over the years whined about, 'Oh, you make no time for me' - see ya! I just dumped them. I don't need that pressure in my life.
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Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.
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When I saw Wonder Woman being constantly put in positions where she'd get tied up with her own rope, or held hostage, even as a kid, my reaction was 'C'mon, she's too smart for that.'
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Most practical jokes, I'll feel too bad for the other person so I'll stop just before the punchline.
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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
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I believe that when things are easy, people stay dormant.
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I don't know what these Republican congressmen drink that make them experts on women's reproductive health.
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Sometimes I'll have an idea for a story or have a subject, and that will inspire lyrics, but most of the time, hopefully, they already exist somewhere else.
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Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession of generations requires that the basis for this knowledge be constantly refreshed.
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I want to make sure that that future that we're creating is one that is the best it can be for people around the world, and also one that includes the full range of our talent and our skills - and, you know, gender and ethnicity, geography - to solving the world's problems.
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In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral.
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Life's too short not to laugh about yourself and the cards you're dealt.
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People have given me classified information, but always with the disclaimer 'This can never end up in a book.' And it never does.
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I think the films we see, the Hollywood films, which are basically entertainment, will still be there, but they'll be in a totally different category. People won't take them seriously. They'll kind of end up the way comic books have. A side view of things.
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You know when people are stupid, it frustrates me.
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I believe that if creative people are open and generous enough when working with each other, a lot more can be learned and achieved by both parties. That's what it's all about, trying to produce the best work possible on any given project.
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I'm interested in discontinuities and interruptions, people having to rewrite the narrative of their lives because of sudden changes.
