Andrew Sean Greer Quotes
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In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.
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There's nothing unnatural in creation.
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I say I have Spanish in me, but I'm not just Spanish. I'm proud of my ethnicities, and I will always be proud of being a Filipino.
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I really think it is possible to make a very nice living by writing and not worrying about anything else.
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I was missing out on a lot of things that my friends were doing, but in another way, they were missing things I was doing. It was kind of a trade-off I had to make.
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Jessica Lange was my biggest crush when I was a kid.
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There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform.
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Kids need time for problem solving, critical thinking, applying knowledge through project-based instruction, working in teams, falling down and getting right back up to figure out what they didn't understand and why.
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Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
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I'm an ambitious person. I never consider myself in competition with anyone, and I'm not saying that from an arrogant standpoint, it's just that my journey started so, so long ago, and I'm still on it and I won't stand still.
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With any character I have played, there's infinite possibilities for how they might behave, depending on who they are talking to or how they react to things.
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Any frequent visitor to Hawaii is fixated on mapping how the islands have changed since their last visit.
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If you took ISIS' oil, that would not stop them. It's not their only source of revenue. It would be a setback, but it would not stop them.
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There is a requirement to ensure the withdrawal takes place in a civilized manner. We will be able to show the world we deserve independence and freedom.
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When I was a child, the temptation to sin was always a romantic option. This romantic option led me to the cinema, a place where sin was welcome.
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Anyone who reads my work will see that there are often difficult relationships between fathers and sons.
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I was about to give up acting when I got the call about being short-listed for 'Dangal.'
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It's tragic from how far we've come from 'Hope and Change'.
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I'm not one who goes to a lot of fashion shows or tries to infiltrate that world, really.
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I shouldn't feel awkward or feel disconnected to myself or my body while wearing the clothes or a particular fashion. This is very important.
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A lot of actors in my age bracket look at being still standing as pretty good.
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My approach to cricket has been reasonably simple: it was about giving everything to the team, it was about playing with dignity and it was about upholding the spirit of the game. I hope I have done some of that. I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. It is why I leave with sadness but also with pride.
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One of those things I never exactly cared for was that phobia of appearing to be rich. To become rich is a natural thing, a result of your work, that which you've done.
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My grandmother wore a beehive hairdo even when it was out of fashion.
