Amity Gaige Quotes
Several paranoid suspicions occurred to me, the worst of which was that my whole identity was merely a patched-together set of behaviors designed to keep my parents joined to each other - the repertoire of tricks of a small but intelligent dog.
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It is exciting to write about the present once one gets beyond the trivia of the moment. As a time to live in, as a time to think about, the present is intriguing.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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People should know what they want, not just what they don't want.
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There's a whole element of human interaction and character interaction that I really enjoy doing.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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Man is essentially a selfish creature. The differences in the degree with which this developed are infinite.
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We're trying to have the band create something beautiful that hopefully one day, 20 years from now, can be picked up by a kid and hopefully have the same effect that Neil Young had on me, or Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath.
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I'm an all-or-nothing person.
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I'm such a perfectionist.
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I'm not one icon. I'm every icon. I'm an icon that is made out of all the colors on the palette at every time. I have no restrictions. No restrictions.
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When I grew up, I never – I wasn't allowed to go out. I missed my prom because I went to an AAU tournament and all that stuff. For me, it was basketball, basketball, basketball.
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The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.
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When I do work, I feel the same sort of urgency as I ever did. If I didn't feel that, I don't think I would wish to be doing it. I wouldn't really see the point.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk.
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It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
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I would argue that the objective evidence shows that big government is not a friend to African Americans.
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When you're performing, you're playing to the back row. With acting, you have to be more nuanced.
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The church converteth the whole world by blood and prayer.
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But as someone pointed out earlier, it is not really about fairness; it is about taking finite resources and applying them where they will have the most effect.
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Chiki Sarkar edited 'Mrs Funnybones,' and she is a ruthless but kind editor to work with. The only lesson I learnt during this process was to say, 'Yes, Prime Minister,' and re-write.
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I was just doing bits and pieces of acting in the U.K. I'd been in the film 'Breaking and Entering' - Anthony Minghella gave me my start and I miss him dearly. Then I made the trip out to L.A., during one of their pilot seasons, which was when they were developing 'Gossip Girl,' and I auditioned, and things came together.
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Several paranoid suspicions occurred to me, the worst of which was that my whole identity was merely a patched-together set of behaviors designed to keep my parents joined to each other - the repertoire of tricks of a small but intelligent dog.
