Lisa Unger Quotes
The business of writing a novel is a long, meandering road into the self, into the imagination. And it's a road the writer travels alone.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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As an actor there's a lot of scrutiny and, even when you've had success, it becomes about sustaining that success. A friend of mine described it as a peakless mountain. Even for De Niro there's Pacino and for Pacino there's De Niro.
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I think people like Steve Vai are so boring.
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If you want your children to bring original ideas into the world, you need to let them pursue their passions, not yours.
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My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
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If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.
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I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
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I love hard punch lines, and I like anything that has a strong point of view.
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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I am originally a surd who was born in Delhi in 1982, just two years before the Sikh riots, so all my childhood pictures are in baby frocks with ponytails, as my parents wanted to hide the fact that I was a Sikh boy, given the riots. My dad worked for a travel agency, and we soon moved to Saudi Arabia.
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I'm interested in all things that Donald Trump does. I've known him since 1980. He's a good man.
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People like to see honest persons. So I certainly will advise many young people who want to participate in politics, honesty is the best policy.
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Every girl has days when she doesn't like her appearance, but it's when you feel happy in yourself that you look good.
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I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
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I'd rather try and cram in another two gags than leave a pause to say, 'Hey, wasn't that bit funny?'
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Yes, women should be free to cover their faces when walking down the street. But in our schools, hospitals, airports, banks and civil institutions, it is not unreasonable - nor contrary to the teachings of Islam - to expect women to show the one thing that allows the rest of us to identify them... namely, their face.
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True freedom is not the liberty to do anything we please, but the liberty to do what we ought; and it is genuine liberty because doing what we ought now pleases us
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While one man can discover a certain thing by himself, another is never able to understand it, even if taught by means of all possible expressions and metaphors, and during a long period; his mind can in no way grasp it, his capacity is insufficient for it.
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I've been in this business for years and I'm still befuddled by the ways of this town.
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The business of writing a novel is a long, meandering road into the self, into the imagination. And it's a road the writer travels alone.
