Alia Shawkat (Alia Martine Shawkat) Quotes
I think with the whole new Internet media, I'm not necessarily Internet savvy, but I just feel that the way that art in general will be presented to the public is going to be different.
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Golf was never a religion to me.
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I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.
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I never wear matching socks. It's kind of a thing that I have!
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
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We're pretty good at putting bunts down and really good at hitting. I know as a pitcher, when you face a pitcher you know can hit, that's not fun. I think taking pride in that, and being able to hit helps your own cause.
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But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
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I'm not really a mainstream novelist!
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If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long.
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I was on Kanye's Yeezus tour as a dancer, but really, I was a Vanessa Beecroft model. I was one of the three 'dancers' who couldn't dance and was more of an accessory than an individual. Vanessa was pretty involved. Her style is about a lot of standing. It's very simple but haunting.
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The majority of meetings should be discussions that lead to decisions.
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My stories are Alaska stories, and they need to be told in Alaska. Evergreen Films is located in Alaska; the company does amazing work, and I am thrilled at the prospect of working together.
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E-commerce is applicable to Russia, just as it's applicable to any other market.
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Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.
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I do this thing with my daughter - I put my hand on her face and shake her head, but really affectionately. But I didn't think, and I did that to Flea.
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Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
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Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.
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I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.
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As the numbers of native-born Europeans begin to fall, with their anemic fertility rates, will the aging Europeans become more magnanimous toward destitute newcomers who do not speak the national language or assimilate into the national culture but consume its benefits?
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I think musicals can be more than what people imagine. That'll be the case with 'Matilda.' It's such a clever thing to stage. Parents would have read this when they were young and will want to share it with their children because they have such a fondness for the source.
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I always delegate. If someone is very good at something, whatever it is, he will be in charge.
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My friends joke I'm a 90-year-old stuck in a young man's body.
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I ran through most of college and ran through most of grad school. When I was writing my dissertation for my Ph.D., it was literally the only hour of the day that I wasn't working. It was nine months of torture, but I made sure I got out to run.
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When teaching, light a fire, don't fill a bucket.
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I think with the whole new Internet media, I'm not necessarily Internet savvy, but I just feel that the way that art in general will be presented to the public is going to be different.
