Matthew Desmond Quotes

You do learn how to cope from those who are coping.

Matthew Desmond

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LearnYouCopingWhoCopeHow

The goal is always just trying to stretch yourself as an actor.

Andrew Scott

YourselfTryingGoalActorAlways

Everybody in life is a chameleon.

Melanie Chisholm

LifeLife Is AChameleonEverybody

I grew up in a house that was in a constant state of mourning.

Maurice Sendak

HouseUpMourningStateConstant

You're just so excited that you have this record deal or this movie opportunity that you don't stand up for yourself and say, This is what I want to do.

Solange Knowles

OpportunityYourselfStand UpStand

In the time it takes to heat a TV dinner, Clinton had convinced me that he was the smartest person in the room and that I was the center of his attention. In the next 25 years, I would see countless others fall just as quickly to the Clinton Touch.

Ron Fournier

TimeMeDinnerAttentionFallHeat

Actually, it seems like every time I'm about to pack it in, that's when I get a job.

Jon Gries

TimeJobSeemsGetLikePack

I realized at a young age that sequence in an album is almost as important as the songs that are on the album.

Dr. Dre

AgeImportantYoungAlmostSongs

'Armor On' explains why I needed armor in the first place. Sonically, you'll hear this battle of, 'I love you, no I don't. I love you, I hate you.' That's what you'll feel. You see the story kind of fight against itself.

Dawn Richard

LoveI Love YouHateFightStory

If you're an artist, you need to work. It doesn't matter how old you are, who you are. It doesn't matter if you're 12: if you draw, you draw. If you're 85 and you paint, you paint.

Chrissie Hynde

WorkYouArtistMatterNeedPaint

Because I'm one of five people in Los Angeles who doesn't drive, I walk a lot.

Allison Anders

WalkPeopleDriveLos AngelesFive

A totalitarian power is mainly busy in keeping itself alive.

Svetlana Alexievich

PowerBusyAliveTotalitarianItself

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

Thomas Jefferson

WorldYouWatchingActWereThing

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