Corey Stoll Quotes
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For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.
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I was a pop-music junkie. My parents were into Frank Sinatra and Doris Day. They weren't too excited when I had Aretha or the Stones pumping.
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A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
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I buy so much fake jewelry, it's funny. It's not real. I don't wear real diamonds or anything.
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I'm very, very used to hearing no - repeatedly! - and through my experience founding startups, I've learned to view those two little letters not as a final roadblock but as a problem to be solved.
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I had a happy childhood and acceptance in the community.
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You were not wanted. You were, at best, tolerated. You had to be constantly on your guard, like an animal in a jungle full of beasts of prey. You experienced it all within the short distance of five miles from the gates of St. Peter's to Park Station in the city.
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On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.
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I would not invest in any shoe that is too trendy.
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After my stellar first grade academic achievements, I continued to perform well in the city primary schools - except for penmanship, which was not my forte.
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Though my plans at the moment are vague, I can assure you that I'll never run for the Senate in New York.
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To win Olympic gold has been a dream for me for seven or eight years now, so it was amazing to actually achieve that.
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The strength of the vampire is that people will not believe in him.
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Whether I'm 40, 50 or 60, I'm going to be as physically strong as I am able.
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I loved watching so many of the great designers I've worked with do what they do. That's why I'm still loyal to the designers that I've known since I was 16.
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While everyone is focused on security and civil liberties, Trump's Cabinet of billionaires will try to quietly push through even more extreme measures to enrich themselves and their class, like dismantling Social Security or auctioning off major pieces of government for profit.
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I think younger readers connect so readily to animal characters because they share a certain vulnerability, particularly when it comes to adult humans, who can be a rather unpredictable lot.
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You use and lose a lot of energy being grumpy.
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The quickest way to defuse fear or insecurity or anger is usually humor. I think comics figure that out quickly, and, once you figure it out, you think, 'Hey, if I can do this and get paid, that would be kind of cool.'
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I actually was a musician in college, a composer and singer, and really intended to be the second coming of Leonard Bernstein when I got out.
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I used to play rugby, polo, tennis, and cricket in school. It was only in the 1990s, when I used to live just opposite Harrods in London, that I started putting on weight. I used to have my breakfast there every day.
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Bacon. Crispy. Salty. I could just eat a mountain of bacon for breakfast; it's so delicious.
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There's a brain chemistry - the floatiness and the disassociation and all the things that came with starving - I became addicted to.
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If I could grill for breakfast, I would.
