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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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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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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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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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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I don't believe the American people will uphold any political party that puts political exploitation above national interest. Surely we Republicans aren't that desperate for victory. I don't want to see the Republican party win that way. While it might be a fleeting victory for the Republican Party, it would be a more lasting defeat for the American people.
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I've got a closet full of tuxes, and I appreciate that, because one thing I don't like to do is shop.
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Of all the thankless jobs that economists set for themselves when it comes to educating people about economics, the notion that society is better off if some industries are allowed to wither, their workers lose their jobs, and investors lose their capital - all in the name of the greater glory of globalization - surely ranks near the top.
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We want these movies to be timeless, and we want people to really engage with the characters and find something that they can really relate to and emotionally connect with.
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The early 1960s, when I started my graduate studies at UC Berkeley, were a period of experimental supremacy and theoretical impotence.
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I'm more relaxed when I can hear the beat clearly all the time I'm singing.
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Salvation is the state of emancipation from the endurance of pain and subjection to birth and death, and of the life of liberty and happiness in the immensity of God.
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I'm fortunate to work for a company that supports investigative journalism with strong editors and lawyers. That's the benefit of working for a company that's been around for more than a century.
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It's a bit like school camp, shooting a film. Everyone's on heat. It's a strange energy. It's full of adrenalin. I funnel my excess energy in funny little ways. I do a lot of dancing in my trailer. I love music.
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Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation of the practical side of logic.
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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.
