Austin Seferian-Jenkins Quotes
I'm a villain. But hey, villains have fans, too. They might have more fans than the heroes, and I'm OK with that.
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If you're an actress or a musician, everyone thinks you're hot.
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If you love things or ideas or people that contradict each other, you have to be prepared to fight for every square inch of intellectual real estate you occupy.
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You know, children philosophize more than adults - and they are critical of adults.
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The angel of mercy, the child of love, together had flown to the realms above.
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Fashion is not about clothes, it is about a look.
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As authors, most - most authors, our art is portraying the human condition. Trying to show you what it's like to be somebody else, trying to make you feel for somebody else. That means you have to have a high degree of empathy.
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If you are a researcher and want to publish a paper, if you are applying for money either from a private or public foundation, you have to have a DSM code.
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I'm being hypocritical because I have a Twitter, but I try to not talk about things like, 'Oh, I had a grapefruit this morning and it was delicious,' because, who cares?
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I have always hated machinery, and the only machine I ever understood was a wheelbarrow, and that but imperfectly.
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My older brother, who was in the Army, now owns his own building company. My half-sister was a nurse and is now a psychotherapist.
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I believe black characters in fiction are still revolutionary, given our long history of erasure.
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I feel completely at home in the absurdities of India.
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My family was very unorthodox. My mother was very eccentric and amazing. She always treated us like adults.
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There's some things you just have to live with. Like twelve cars camping outside your house, and when you wake up in the morning, they're going to follow you wherever you go. It helps that I live in Valencia. It eliminates some. But they're still here.
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As a woman, you spend so much time either cooking or getting ready to go somewhere. I like to have music when I'm doing either of these things.
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I learnt early to have little expectation so I protected myself from ever feeling greatly disappointed.
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People are sources not just of consumption but of innovation.
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In the midst of applying for American citizenship, of finally attempting to get my presidents in a row, I felt it incumbent upon myself to explore the national psyche in every way.
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Love is the song of the soul, singing to God.
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What unfortunately happens is we have about... 350 million interactions with consumers a year, between phone calls and truck calls. It may be over 400 million, and that doesn't count any online interactions, which I think is over a billion. You get one-tenth of one-percent bad experience, that's a lot of people - unacceptable.
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When someone makes a mistake, it's right to underline this type of situation and find the best solution to avoid the same mistake in the future.
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You should wake up in the morning and say, 'What do I want to do today? What's going to make me happy?'
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I'm a villain. But hey, villains have fans, too. They might have more fans than the heroes, and I'm OK with that.
