Victoria Arlen Quotes
I think there's a lot of people going through different things where you feel like your whole world's imploded, and you feel like you lost it all, whether it's physical, emotional, whatever you're going through. If I can be that beacon of hope for people that need it the most through dancing and through our storytelling, then I've done my job.
Quotes to Explore
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Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
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I work in the most non-Communist job. I work for 'Martha Stewart Living.'
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In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things.
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If people hate me they hate me.
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When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down.
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You need tremendous spirituality to stop yourself falling into the abyss.
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Look, there ought to be politics in politics.
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I had this maroon 'Lion King' tracksuit that my mum couldn't take off me. I wore it until the sleeves ended at my elbows and the trousers ended at my knees.
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My mantra is: 'Good design accelerates the adoption of new ideas.'
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If you're a novelist, as I am in real life, you're usually so desperate for any kind of feedback.
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I hope that one day when I'll go back to Pakistan, I will build a university like Harvard.
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The spirit of L.A. is untamed wilderness. It's earthquakes and wildfires and oceans and mountain lions and fog. There's great physical beauty.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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I love Paul Giamatti - God, that man is like a walking Chekhov. His connection to humanity is unbelievable, and those feelings of low self-esteem - the way that all comes together on the screen? Delicious.
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I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots.
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Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of.
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If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
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Most of the time, people are afraid of silence, and I'm not.
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As a kid, I really did want to hang out with the grownups, so it was hanging out with the hippest grownups in the world. This was the nicest bunch of people I've worked with in show business, with the exception of the people around 'A Mighty Wind.' It really was a wonderful eight years.
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I've been things and seen places.
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All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.'
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I think the only festival I ever went to was Warped Tour.
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I think there's a lot of people going through different things where you feel like your whole world's imploded, and you feel like you lost it all, whether it's physical, emotional, whatever you're going through. If I can be that beacon of hope for people that need it the most through dancing and through our storytelling, then I've done my job.
