Clive Granger Quotes
As far as I could tell, I was the first person anywhere in my family tree to go to university.
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It's better to do a film that works.
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I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists.
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The signs of climate change are visible across the nation, from the drought-stricken fields of Central California to the flooded streets of Michigan. Extreme weather is turning people's lives upside down and costing communities millions of dollars in damaged infrastructure and added health care costs.
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I think the kind of unexpected I really love is when you open books and the actual way of writing is different and interesting. Like reading Virginia Woolf for the first time or Lawrence Durrell for the first time.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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Do I enjoy features? Yeah, I really do. Would I like to do some more features before I head to the barn? Yeah, probably. But I also love television. I love doing television because it's fast, and that I like a lot.
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We stole a box of honey jars one time and went out in the woods and took care of the whole box. I don't think I touched honey again for 20 years. I never wanted to see honey again.
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Economists want their discipline to be a science, and they have nailed down a few precepts, but many of their debates are still clouded by ideology.
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Now that I work as a professional model, I advise people to stay away from any television shows. It's a waste of your time; it's just entertainment. It's not the fashion that we now know.
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Can I eventually take classes and eliminate my accent? Sure. I guess anybody could. But this is who I am, and this is what I got. And there are millions of people who sound just like me. Millions. It's not like this is some novelty.
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What I always loved about theater is that that's an experience that a company of actors just sinks itself into for weeks, and you really get to work on the material, and by the time you're in front of an audience, you really own it.
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I have worries and fears just like everybody else. But I have every reason to wake up each morning and be very happy.
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It's so important for startups to get their culture right at the start. They need to feel unique and that they are on their own important mission in the world.
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A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
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I am an earnest advocate of manual training and trade teaching for black boys, and for white boys, too.
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My first acting job was a Breck commercial.
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I've completely fallen in love with the U.K., and I'd love to spend a couple of months a year there.
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I'm not super into sports.
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One of the strongest forms of rhetoric in our society is the rhetoric of blame.
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When men organize themselves into groups, and they make rules based on common or self-interest, it's always tangled and political.
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Don Marquis came down after a month on the wagon, ambled over to the bar, and announced, 'I've conquered that goddamn willpower of mine. Gimme a double Scotch.
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When you look at Prince Charles, don't you think that someone in the Royal family knew someone in the Royal family?
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I've sort of been an anthropologist of modern America, in a non-academic way. Whether it's Marines or Tupperware salesladies, high end audiophiles or bike couriers, I'm fascinated by the hallmarks of the American tribe.
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As far as I could tell, I was the first person anywhere in my family tree to go to university.
