Elif Batuman Quotes
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I personally don't like to rehearse so much. I really sort of trust my instinct.
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That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.
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I came to acting in a very circuitous way.
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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.
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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.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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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.
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No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger.
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I am just a plain Jew; I mean have no training.
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These days, everything is magnified very quickly by the media - the slightest slip can turn into a catastrophe.
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When you're as plain as I am, you've gotta have a gimmick.
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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.
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I have the same friends and the same bad habits.
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I think the best comedies came out during the Depression. Personally.
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I didn't go looking to marry an American, it just kinda happened like that.
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We've got some very good things to do without screwing around with sleeves.
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We clearly realize that freedom's inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.
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A city with one newspaper, or with a morning and an evening paper under one ownership, is like a man with one eye, and often the eye is glass.
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I feel that I'm at my best as a person and that I'm coming home when I walk on to a set, or on to a stage, so if I can perform in one way or another I think I'll be okay.
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Society is celebrity-based and we are determined to use celebrities' voices to make sure no one forgets there are issues over the use of animals. Celebrities can be great for our cause and can really make people sit up and think for the first time about animal abuse.
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So actually war is politically profitable, financially profitable, morally depraved.
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Tackling still comes down to leverage and owning that leverage and making your hits.
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Our products weren't getting some of the excitement they deserved because you were waiting on hold on the phone, or we missed an appointment.
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By the time I got to college, the Cold War was basically over.
