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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Coming from TV and film, rule number one is that you always service the main character first and foremost. If that's not working, you've got nothing.
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There is never hesitation about doing stand-up. It's just me doing my thing. Unlike being in a band or a play or something, I don't have to rely on anyone else but me.
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He looked very old. He looked, James thought, getting his head now against the Lighthouse, now against the waste of waters running away into the open, like some old stone lying on the sand; he looked as if he had become physically what was always at the back of both of their minds-that loneliness which was for both of them the truth about things.
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John Sayles is good. He's like a good thoroughbred owner - he leaves the trainers alone.
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I would like to do a period piece. I think that would be fun.
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I like to play with tropes.
