Lev Grossman Quotes
When I got to college I simply decided that I could speak French, because I just could not spend any more time in French classes. I went ahead and took courses on French literature, some of them even taught in French.
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I write better in Cape Breton... too many people around in Ontario. Down there I meet all sorts of non-human people, but they don't bother me, and I don't feel I have to apologize on behalf of my species quite so often.
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Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing.
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I think, from the very beginning, I always knew that I needed to get out of Malaysia and do my thing somewhere else.
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The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists.
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The women I know who have children and have careers, they seem to be very happy. They love their children and they love their jobs. But happiness comes out of being willing to do your work in your twenties to find out who you are, what you love.
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Everything I do is for my parents and my family. The car is nice, the house is nice, but none of this matters without them. If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be here. I don't know where I would be, honestly.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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Hip Nip just sounds groovy. A drummer laid it on me.
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I don't really think about anything too much. I live in the present. I move on. I don't think about what happened yesterday.
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Oh, I have to say Romana; she was much more fun to do but I did enjoy the Princess when she was turning bad.
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You should never feel comfortable. There is something wrong if you are. You should always feel under threat, on the edge of your seat and pushing yourself. Win one and you want to win more. It's never-ending.
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I'm certainly not your typical front-man material. Some people love being on stage and really open up, and I'm sort of the opposite of that. I don't crave the spotlight. I'm still not comfortable even talking on stage.
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Game theorists analyze negotiations as if they were split-a-pie games involving selfish players.
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When I was young I had an apprenticeship as an engineer.
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The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
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In 2010, I was doing pretty well. I was going to go to graduate school.
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Never get involved with a business that you can't really be hands-on - that if your employees quit, you can't run yourself. If I can't cut hair, why open a barbershop?
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It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.
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My outlook was, 'You're not my moms; you can't tell me what to do.' I got expelled from about 20 schools.
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I think most Americans probably believe that our relationship with Japan began in 1941. In fact, obviously, it began in 1854 when Commodore Perry sailed into Yokohama harbor and threatened to burn it down unless they would open up to trade with us. The imperial impulse was first ours historically.
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I liked 'Star Wars' as a kid. I liked science fiction.
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If there were no government-guaranteed student loans, college tuition would be much lower.
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Every time he tried to reconstruct the internal arguments that had led to his decision, they sounded feebler to him.
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When I got to college I simply decided that I could speak French, because I just could not spend any more time in French classes. I went ahead and took courses on French literature, some of them even taught in French.
