Ned Vizzini Quotes
People are screwed up in this world. I'd rather be with someone screwed up and open about it than somebody perfect and ready to explode.
Quotes to Explore
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Picking up a guitar brought a lot of balance into my life.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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Jenna's traveled with me; they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's campaigns to really be involved in.
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Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
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I was approached in Texas to be a model a few times. One of my first jobs was the cover of a CD.
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We who curate our Twitter feeds and Facebook walls understand that at least part of what we're doing publicly, 'like'-ing what we like, is trying to separate ourselves from the herd.
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The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public.
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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'Mahershala' is my nickname.
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We're looking for people out there who have demonstrated that they are leaders, have track records of achievement, and want to be part of a force... of a much larger force of determined people who want to bring about, ultimately, institutional change.
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Anybody that wants to walk out that door and leave home for a few months and rely on themselves instead of fate might have some interesting stories to tell.
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The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative.
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How many movies do you see when you can say this director really knew what film he wanted to make? I can count them on the fingers of one hand.
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I have heard of people dying from prostate cancer, and they are the unlucky ones, the people who didn't know they had got it, and it went on the rampage.
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I've done more than 70 auditions in about four years. Early on, it was hard for me because I'd become so attached to these characters, and then you'd be told, 'No.' I'd get very upset when I was younger. But now it comes with the territory.
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If I didn't play tennis I don't know where I'd be.
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Music is an extremely powerful force if used properly to uplift people. I believe music should be uplifting and not downgrading... it's a very, very powerful tool.
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I'm a lot girlier than the roles that I play. I joke with Tricia Helfer all the time that she's my muscle.
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The craft Emmys are kind of the kids' table at Thanksgiving. You're not really invited to the big dance. It's still really, really exciting, and the statue still counts.
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My acting technique is to look up at God just before the camera rolls and say, 'Give me a break.'
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They came and bound me up and I had awful stretch marks. I hated my breasts after that.
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A huge part of my career and how I want to participate in the world is being unapologetically myself and being honest and vulnerable.
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Moral activity? There is scarcely such a thing possible! Everything is sketchy. The world does nothing but sketch.
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People are screwed up in this world. I'd rather be with someone screwed up and open about it than somebody perfect and ready to explode.
