Meghan Daum Quotes

L.A. is a constellation of microclimates and microcosms, a library with dozens of special collections. A 20-minute drive can bring a temperature change of 15 degrees. Crossing an intersection can feel like crossing a national border.

Meghan Daum

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My agents usually get a breakdown of all the projects that are out there. When I got 'Divergent,' they hadn't finished the script. They knew they wanted the leader of the Dauntless to have a certain demeanor and energy. They had me read a short monologue, and I got the part.

Mekhi Phifer

LeaderMeEnergyShortOutGet

I felt I was painting with a Popsicle.

Robert Merrill

PaintingFelt

I was surprised that my wife thought it was a good idea, then again with my agent, another woman, then my editor, another woman - in spite of the fact that all three of them reacted positively I still have this fear.

Michael Chabon

GoodFearWifeWomanThoughtThree

It is not that Shakespeare's art is in technicolor and fancy, and that real life is black and white and tedious. The life that Shakespeare was living was the only life he had, and he had to use it to create what he was doing.

Stephen Greenblatt

LifeBlack And WhiteArtBlackDoing

It's fun to be blond, and it's almost difficult to remember how I used to look with my proper hair color.

Tom Felton

FunHairColorRememberLookUsed

I love black dresses. I think everyone should own a lot, but black dresses don't sell online because on the computer they don't read like anything.

Tom Ford

LoveBlackThinkDressesAnything

If none were to Marry, but Men of strict Vertue and Honour, I doubt the World would be but thinly peopled.

Mary Astell

MenWorldDoubtWouldNoneMarry

Yeah, my friends call me Mike, Michael or just my last name.

Michael Phelps

MeNameFriendsCallLastJust

It was my sister Maureen who was responsible for my becoming a Reagan.

Michael Reagan

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I grew up under the British system, which I think is horrific for children - very, very strict - a system that did not recognize children as being individuals. You were small animals earning the right to be human.

Lorraine Toussaint

ChildrenSmallThinkYouAnimalsUp

In a country like Mexico, you can't forget about poverty - about how half of the population lives in poverty, and how half of that half live in extreme poverty.

Jose Angel Gurria

LivePovertyYouCountryForget

As I'd go out learning to surf, I'd feel the power of waves coming over my body. It's like you're with God.

Dick Dale

LearningGodPowerWavesYouBody

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