Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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The first thing I tried to do in the months after losing my mother was to write a poem. I found myself turning to poetry in the way so many people do - to make sense of losses. And I wrote pretty bad poems about it. But it did feel that the poem was the only place that could hold this grief.
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Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world.
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I know what feels good to eat and what doesn't. I try to err on the side of choices I know will leave me feeling more energized and ready to go, because it's always better to feel healthy.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.
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If I don't write down a thought - or an image or a line of poetry - the instant it comes to mind, it vanishes, which explains why I have pens and notebooks in my pants and coat pockets, the car, the bicycle basket, on one or two desks in every room including bathrooms and the kitchen.
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The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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Artists want to be congratulated because they should be.
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There was definitely a time where I did not believe in the Lord. I needed to understand the love of God.
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I eat a lot of chocolate.
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No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thing of the past. Heroes are now flawed, and have terrible tempers, you know? They're real people.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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I'll admit it: I'm a control freak. I am. If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it 110% or there's no point in doing it at all, especially if the work takes me away from time with my husband and children.
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Men are every bit as gendered as women.
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People pay to see movies with women looking beautiful, but I think there will be a place for me to play women looking my own age.
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For all the spectacle of CGI, there's something alien and unreal about that domain, like a videogame.
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After a major loss of dynamism in the 1960s, productivity growth rates began dropping in most countries, falling by half in the U.S. in the 1970s and more or less ceasing altogether in France, Germany and Britain in the late 1990s.
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I was always curious about the anxiety a person would feel when you open your mouth and you have an accent. You could have a Ph.D. or be a lawyer, but as soon as you say something, you may be diminished in the eyes of someone else.
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I think it is important to grow. Your fans are growing up with you whether you like it or not. You have to keep it fresh and exciting for them. You have to bring something new to the table each time.
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Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.
