V. E. Schwab Quotes
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I wasn't a visionary but I literally had my finger on the pulse of the women of America.
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Nothing is unfilmable.
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I don't know much about Americanism, but it's a damn good word with which to carry an election.
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There's only one drummer. We all travel to his beat. Well, I couldn't sing his song. Because for me, it wasn't a truthful statement. Well, Linda sang it, and it was a monster for her.
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I am always locked in my design studio.
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Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
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I've had to fight for roles and I've lost a hundred roles, but 'Smoking' and 'Smith' were phone calls. That's the dream.
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Actually, I am a golfer. That is my real occupation. I never was an actor. Ask anybody, particularly the critics.
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The security link between us and Europe is very important for European security but also for our security.
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I like it when my wife is in her jeans, with very little makeup. But, I also appreciate the range - the different ways she can look. The moment she walks out all dressed up and... whoa! That's always good.
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I'm proud of my hard work. Working hard won't always lead to the exact things we desire. There are many things I've wanted that I haven't always gotten. But, I have a great satisfaction in the blessings from my mother and father, who instilled a great work ethic in me both personally and professionally.
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I never sell a book. I sell myself. And the way to sell yourself is to be an instrument of love.
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The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.
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Stand-up will always be my first love, and it has been the primary way I've expressed myself since I was 17.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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Dreams are not without meaning wherever thay may come from-from fantasy, from the elements, or from other inspiration.
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My skin still crawls if you call me a movie star. I get embarrassed. I think, don't be ridiculous. Maybe it's because I'm British. To me, Julia Roberts that's a movie star. But when people do call me one, that, I think, is an enormous compliment but, my God, is that a responsibility!
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Behavior used to be reinforced by great deprivation; if people weren't hungry, they wouldn't work. Now we are committed to feeding people whether they work or not. Nor is money as great a reinforcer as it once was. People no longer work for punitive reasons, yet our culture offers no new satisfactions.
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The way I create music is maybe like a painting, to compose in a more visual way. Basically it's the music that I want to hear- that's my inspiration and bottom line. I just try to get ideas from books, movies, paintings.
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I was a very violent kid. I think movies and writing and art have been a way of channeling this.
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I've grown up on TV, and there were some phases that weren't pretty.
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I never have been a coder, outside of when I was twelve or something, like on the Atari 1200 XP or whatever I had.
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Waste paper is like a forest - paper recycles itself, generation after generation.
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I like to play with tropes.
