Andrew Sean Greer Quotes
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I've asked Jobs why he didn't get an operation then and he said, 'I didn't want my body to be opened. I didn't want to be violated in that way.'
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My life has been devoted to the upliftment of the Filipino by reestablishing his identity and dignity.
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When they talk of ghosts of the dead who wander in the night with things still undone in life, they approximate my subjective experience of this life.
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If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and faithful servants.
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I've done comedy, and I've done drama. I've sort of been a journeyman in my career so far.
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If you're going to sing on stage, wear lip stain.
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I wouldn't give up on the U.N. yet.
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I love the word 'dearth,' by the way. It's one of my favorite words.
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The history of Europe over the last several centuries provides clear evidence of the transformative power of commerce.
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I like characters with character, not just pretty faces. Anyway, I think people can be both grotesque and beautiful at the same time. Look at Mick Jagger in the seventies. Look at Angelina Jolie.
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When I say that I am going to do an American film, I didn't want to suddenly go off into a completely different world that which bears no relation to the style of filmmaking that I'm used to.
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When you are down and out something always turns up - and it is usually the noses of your friends.
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If I leave this Earth, I want to leave this Earth just knowing I've tried to give something back and tried to do something worthwhile with myself.
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I am so romantic about Gypsies. They're not allowed to do anything until they get married. So they all get married really young, at sixteen.
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There are a lot of times where, filming 'It Follows,' I'm fighting against a guy dressed in a green suit for special effects, and I'm just like, 'No. There's no way this is going to be pulled off.'
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Steve McQueen is my style hero. He's just cool, isn't he?
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Compared to some of our neighbours, it's not frowned upon to be a mother and work in France.
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I don't do drugs. I never have taken any drugs. I don't believe in them.
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I'm three-quarters Russian, so I've always felt an outsider. But I don't think you can be in a play with John Of Gaunt's 'This sceptred isle' speech and not feel proud to be British.
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Any opportunity to get into fashion and find a beautiful dress, I'm very definitely excited about that.
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Most practising scientists focus on 'bite-sized' problems that are timely and tractable. The occupational risk is then to lose sight of the big picture.
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Rex Stout's narrative and dialogue could not be improved, and he passes the supreme test of being rereadable. I don't know how many times I have reread the Wolfe stories, but plenty. I know exactly what is coming and how it is all going to end, but it doesn't matter. That's writing.
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Do I feel any pressure as the most decorated Winter Olympian in American history? None at all. The only pressures that I know I face are those of how to pay it forward: How can I continually make a positive impact in people's lives, help others achieve their dreams, create their own Olympic mindset, creating champions within themselves?
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A downside to being a successful novelist? Wow - I can't imagine one.
