Andrew Sean Greer Quotes
I was good in biology, but I did very badly in chemistry, and my parents were horrified by that.
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make.
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I'm not a really religious person, but those moments onstage feel like some sort of religious experience because no one holds back, especially 'Stay With Me' when I finish the show. It kind of turns into an anthem when I perform it live, and it feels like there's a lot of love in the room.
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In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.
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I'm the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then there's a few more albums in us.
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There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.
Garry Kasparov
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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
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Finding a good band is Iike finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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You can't, no matter what anyone says, build a movie around someone.
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Anyone who has played the game professionally, you're always taught that the ball is the most important, most precious thing, so when the ball hits the ground, it's always a mad scramble. It's amazing how many times there is a fumble, and the person who recovers it initially doesn't walk away with the ball.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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Think both big and small. Loving to bake doesn't only mean becoming a baker. It could mean starting a blog, becoming a food photographer, or going into organic chemistry.
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We conclude that, simultaneously with the organization of the colleges, there should be at Santa Cruz an organization by disciplines, whose units would have a voice in appointments and promotions, in course of programs, and in the allocation of funds for research.
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Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.
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People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.
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I didn't go to school a lot.
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There's nothing funnier than the human animal.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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I pick different projects for different reasons. Usually, it's a combination of things. I admire the director, and I am interested in working with the director. Or, it's the cast. I can be moved by the story. The ideal situation is you love the director and you love the cast.
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The mother-in-law came round last week. It was absolutely pouring down. So I opened the door and I saw her there and I said, 'Mother, don't just stand there in the rain. Go home.'
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It certainly woke me up to how vulnerable we all are. I think I was much more cavalier about it before I started working on the movie [Edward Snowden], and then the more I read the documents themselves and saw just how sweeping and indiscriminate the intrusions into our privacy have been, it made me more aware.
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I work out all the time, but because it's good for my mental state.
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I was good in biology, but I did very badly in chemistry, and my parents were horrified by that.
