Lynn Johnston Quotes
I loved the Little Lulu stories, where she would fantasize that her bedroom rug would turn into a pool of water, and she could dive down into the center of the world.
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I was fortunate enough to get an author-backed role in Aamir Khan starrer 'Talash.'
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The future is always the same, and that is to win trophies - next season, in two and three years.
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It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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Tom Brokaw was never young.
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I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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We have this idea that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero.
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Social revolutions are never simple.
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I know where my body's at, know how it feels, you know.
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If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.
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I love bass, I really do. Bass is ace!
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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I'm not a babysitter.
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I remember, one day, I just printed out about a hundred CVs, and I was running around London. I was going to modeling agencies, temping agencies, anything. I was so desperate.
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'Firewall' seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides 'military' and 'government?'
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I don't hide my being Israeli. I say it in every interview. I put out a record with songs in Hebrew. The people who signed me have no connection to Judaism or Israel.
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In all honesty, titles are an embarrassment to me.
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If you say to one flower, 'Grow,' but you water another, the first one won't grow.
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I'm truly, 100% guided by the characters and my Muse. If one of the characters suddenly decided to do something very different, I'd just go with it. It's much easier to let the Muse drive than for me to try to steer.
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The MFA program did one great thing for me: It taught me how to be a better reader and critic. Nothing I wrote during my time at Columbia remains - but learning how to really deconstruct a work of fiction - that, of course, is a permanent part of me now.
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I loved the Little Lulu stories, where she would fantasize that her bedroom rug would turn into a pool of water, and she could dive down into the center of the world.
