When you get to know someone, you find there's something nasty in their woodshed.
Jo Brand
Recitation: by Male by Female
I'm constantly trying to mine the DNA of John Constantine and stay true to that character in the comic books.
Matt Ryan
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I like time ticking the way it is.
Stephen Graham
TimeWayLikeTicking
So many good songs get written fast, because you know exactly what has to work.
Stephen Sondheim
WorkGoodYouFastKnowGet
Dreams can come true.
Romeo Miller
DreamsTrueCome
No one doesn't have loss. No one doesn't have pain.
Martin Short
PainLoss
I tend to process emotional stuff very, very slowly.
Michel Faber
ProcessEmotionalStuffSlowlyVery
As popular culture becomes more presentist, we move away from entertainment as the vicarious experience of a narrative - as watching someone else's story - and much more toward enacting one's own story. Moving away from myths and toward fantasy role-playing games, away from movies and toward videogames.
Douglas Rushkoff
CultureExperienceMovingStory
I actually work at my craft, and I actually want to be the best in my category, and I want to be a true actress. And a lot of people just want fame, and there's a huge difference.
Chloe Grace Moretz
WorkBestPeopleFameWantTrue
We keep a woman in prison for decade after decade at a cost of $60,000 a year, and then give them $200 when they hit the gates for release. And, adios. People have to get their IDs, Social Security cards. They have to get clothing, housing, apply for benefits and services, and it's impossible to do with 200 bucks.
Susan Burton
WomanPeopleImpossiblePrisonYear
Desire suppressed finds its way into other more surreal settings, into dreams.
Susan Minot
DreamsDesireWayMoreSettings
The senior director at the NSC for the Middle East is retired Col. Derek Harvey, an Arabic-speaking intelligence officer with a Ph.D. who served as the head of the U.S. military cell examining the insurgency in Iraq in 2003.
Peter Bergen
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I realise there are situations where I camp it up, make myself into a sort of novelty character to ease things along. Like, if I ever feel uncomfortable in a situation, I can just make myself into this funny Will-and-Grace-guest-star type of person, and maybe people will not pay attention to the deeper things going on.
Perfume Genius
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