Elif Batuman Quotes
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The first thing one must remember about film is that it is a young medium. And it is essential for every responsible artist to cultivate the ground that has been left fallow.
Orson Welles
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I personally don't like to rehearse so much. I really sort of trust my instinct.
Carice van Houten
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That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.
Dan Quinn
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I came to acting in a very circuitous way.
Victoria Pratt
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I win by submissions, knockouts. There's guys ranked above me, but no one's interested in seeing them fight. They want to see me fight.
Nate Diaz
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The difference between American parties is actually simple. Democrats are in favor of higher taxes to pay for greater spending, while Republicans are in favor of greater spending, for which the taxpayers will pay.
P. J. O'Rourke
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
Gary Cherone Van Halen
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Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.
Magnus Carlsen
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I was a good bartender. I wouldn't say I was the best bartender in New York, but I could hold my own.
Samira Wiley
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No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger.
Rainer Maria Rilke
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I am just a plain Jew; I mean have no training.
Bebe Neuwirth
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It was a terrible day for baseball, it was a worse day for Congress.
Fay Vincent
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These days, everything is magnified very quickly by the media - the slightest slip can turn into a catastrophe.
Valerie Trierweiler
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When you're as plain as I am, you've gotta have a gimmick.
Ralph Hall
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That's the thing with sci-fi and action roles. You have to play the danger as real. If you don't, you end up with egg on your face. You have to commit. You can't think about how stupid it might look without the special effects.
Victoria Pratt
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I have the same friends and the same bad habits.
Nate Silver
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I think the best comedies came out during the Depression. Personally.
Zooey Deschanel
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I didn't go looking to marry an American, it just kinda happened like that.
Kate Beckinsale
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If you're young enough, any kind of writing you do for a short period of time is a marvelous apprenticeship.
Irwin Shaw
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I studied classical music for a long time, maybe 10 years, and I realized finally I was never going to have the hands to play that stuff.
Leon Russell
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All successful bunko men come in time to believe the world, except for themselves, is populated with a race of human sheep who may be trusted to conduct themselves with true sheeplike docility.
Dashiell Hammett
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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
Henry David Thoreau
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By the time I got to college, the Cold War was basically over.
Elif Batuman