Lisa Unger Quotes
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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I am a romantic, and I think dates are wonderful. I like quirky and fun things. Like going for a bike ride or for a pedicure together.
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The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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Save yourself some grief. Check with the publicist you hire to see what other books he/she has coming out at the same time as yours.
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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
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I play on the left hand side, and I try to do the best I can.
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On 'Paranormal Activity,' it worked to my advantage not to have much of a crew, but on a bigger movie, where you have to work with a larger group of people who basically become your second family for a few months, it can be a great experience. Even though all of my projects are small scale compared to most Hollywood productions.
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Brooklyn, it's a great town, a great city. It's New York.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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Rarely do you walk down the street doing anything that my grandparent's generation did. And half of that comes with the technology advances.
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I believe the Thai people are patient, and the people at least give me a chance to prove my ability to help them.
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There ought to be a thoughtful welfare-reform debate that doesn't turn into something that could be called scapegoating.
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A writer without a reader doesn't exist.
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India will have to hang down her head in shame if even one person is left who is said in any way to be untouchable.
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'Bagdad Cafe' was a film that changed many, many people's lives... how they saw themselves and how they looked at their life situation. I thought I made a little movie. All the mail that I get is about how it changed lives, and that's wonderful.
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In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of national self-defense.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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I hope people know that when I'm sitting there, it's not some guy on a desk on a platform with sort of this voice-of-God approach.
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It's the same as any role and I find that you can't lump characters together; because they all have different life experiences, different reasons for being the way they are.
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The Army confronted racial integration when it was still unpopular in society. It has been struggling to more fully integrate women. Its troops, after all, reflect society.
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Love accepts. Forgiveness comes in time.
