Matthew Pearl Quotes

As a writer of historical fiction, I believe you don't want to fictionalize gratuitously; you want the fictional aspects to prod and pressure the history into new and exciting reactions.

Matthew Pearl

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HistoryBelievePressureYouNew

I have been adopted by the millennials, and I'm enjoying every minute of it! I'm learning a new language.

Maxine Waters

LearningLanguageNewMillennials

Shakespeare pursued the highway of the right. He did not seek to put his characters in a position where it was right to do wrong.

Robert Green Ingersoll

WrongRightPositionSeekHighway

For me, it's always the same: worrying about how I can get better, the techniques I can do.

Robbie Lawler

MeBetterI CanSameAlwaysGet

I did six Broadway shows, and I noticed there weren't many female comedians. When I went to a dancing audition, there were 1,000 girls. And there were three jobs. So I said I'll just try comedy. And I loved it.

Rita Rudner

LovedComedySaidThreeTryDancing

Women always have to have this soft, maternal, sort of - I don't know - moral center.

Ruth Negga

WomenMoralKnowAlwaysSoftCenter

I am blessed to have married the man that God sent me. He's loving, compassionate, strong and supportive of my children, family and career. I look forward to our lives together.

Monica

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I've been in the shallow end of a pool, just kind of walking around, but this was my first time really swimming - and I was horrified! I actually lost it whenever I saw the edge of the pool. But I took baby steps and rewarded myself every step of the way.

Monique Coleman

TimeMyselfStepBabySwimmingEnd

One person I haven't worked with yet, who I find hilarious, is Chad Coleman.

Josh McDermitt

FindPersonWhoHilariousChad

I feel like Europe is way more advanced. They're way more open to the definition of jazz. More cool. They're like, 'You want to do that? Awesome. You want to work with a rapper? Awesome.' They're not, 'Aah, it's not real jazz.'

Jose James

WorkCoolFeelYouWantJazz

'Sunspring,' the first known screenplay written by an AI, was produced recently. It is awesome. Awesomely awful. But it's worth watching all ten minutes of it to get a taste of the gap between a great screenplay and something an AI can currently produce.

Brad Feld

GreatWorthFirstWatchingAwesome

There is a difference in what people are willing to consider, daytime versus nighttime.

Art Bell

PeopleDifferenceWillingVersus

I think if you can get people to laugh, you can get people to listen.

Arlen Specter

PeopleThinkLaughYouListenGet

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