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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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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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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Plus, there were so many pianos in my house, so I couldn't really avoid it.
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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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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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I don't have to be a size zero anymore. But I still want to feel and look good.
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For some people, miracles serve as evidence of God's existence.
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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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Every generation wants to be the last. Every generation hates the next trend in music they can't understand. We hate to give up the reins of our culture. To find our own music playing in elevators. The ballad for our revolution, turned into background music for a television commercial. To find our generation's clothes and hair suddenly retro.
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I take a lot from everywhere. I take from music, architecture, novels, and plays. Anywhere that hits you.
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Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
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There's not a lot of positive role models of women in newspapers and magazines. I think it puts pressure on girls. They think that the image put out, it's the way you have to look.
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Well, I have no problem with 3-D but I don't think it's necessarily a blanket requirement for every film.
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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.
