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- Nov 07, 2020
Way Quotes
Quotes on finding your own way.
These quotes describe the 'way' things really work - a blunt take on how managers actually get ahead in their careers, and a tongue-in-cheek trick for looking fit without the work. Related reading includes Best Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find it really hard to relate to the Bond women or Angelina Jolie in 'Salt.' And of course it's informed by my experiences and the people I've met along the way and the places I've been.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always writing the books that I wanted to write, books that demanded to be written at the time. But, like most writers, you start off feeling your way.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think 'Beasts of No Nation' is a novel that hopefully will affect each person who reads it in a different way.
- Firm Believer
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a firm believer that a good plot makes for a fun enough read, but it's not what binds us. If we don't care about the characters, we won't care - not in a lasting way - about what's happening to them.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which is never an easy thing to do.
- Drama
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- Nov 07, 2020
Drama assumes an order. If only so that it might have - by disrupting that order - a way of surprising.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was paid to read Western economic texts. In a way, the regime paid for their own undermining.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like a woman who takes care of herself - it says something about the way she'll care for me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to release music the way I feel it, as opposed to having a date. The idea of dates, boxes, categories are very scary for me.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
It just so happened that my agent called and said, 'There's this movie 'Pitch Perfect.' Here are the sides.' I think I originally read for Bumper, because Donald didn't have much in the script, so I read all Bumper's lines. I beatboxed for them, because that's what my character was supposed to do. And then I was like, 'By the way, I rap.'
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- Nov 07, 2020