Lenny Abrahamson Quotes
I'm fascinated by people who have to reinvent themselves. I did it a few times - I was going to be a physicist before I was passionate about philosophy - and I realized that one more change, and I'm going to start looking like a dilettante.
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Sometimes a role might be difficult on my throat.
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Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than people expect.
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By the end of high school, I would do shows at the theater at night and then take the train home and go to school the next morning.
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The point is to change one's life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now.
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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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You mustn't upstage the bride.
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Nobody should be sent indefinitely into detention; everybody should have their day in court.
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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My mother is a beautiful writer. Writing letters back and forth with her was an athletic endeavor, and it became something I really looked forward to.
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In the 5 years, well over 60,000 American families have been broken apart by the absence of insurance because the only way for parents to get treatment for their children is to turn the custody of those children over to the State.
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Plus, there were so many pianos in my house, so I couldn't really avoid it.
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The most irresistible charm of youth is its bubbling enthusiasm. Youth sees no darkness ahead - no defile that has no outlet - it forgets that there is such a thing as failure in the world and believes that mankind has been waiting all these centuries for him to come and be the liberator of truth and energy and beauty.
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If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.
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That's why I talk about the breast cancer: because I want women - and everyone - to stay on top of things and get checked. I know how scary it can be. When I dealt with it, I was like, 'Oh my God.' And I have so many other friends who have gone through it or have suffered a loss.
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I'm English, and I started off as a songwriter, so I can't really escape that - it's there.
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I've never directed anything before 'Mad Men,' so I don't feel I have any advice for the other directors.
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Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste.
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I have met many people, and everyone's impression of me is based on my career.
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From where many of us in the U.K. sit, American politics is hopelessly polarized. All kinds of issues get bundled up into two great heaps. The rest of the world, today and across the centuries, simply doesn't see things in this horribly oversimplified way.
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I'm fascinated by people who have to reinvent themselves. I did it a few times - I was going to be a physicist before I was passionate about philosophy - and I realized that one more change, and I'm going to start looking like a dilettante.
