Matt de la Pena Quotes

A lot of people ask me, 'Are you born a writer?' And I don't think it's necessarily true. I just think what you either have or you don't is this ability to see something that's complex and worth talking about.

Matt de la Pena

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PeopleMeThinkTalkingWorthYou

If you have your own agenda and your own style and you don't easily conform to what the masses are doing, you're looked upon as being difficult. Whereas, I think of it as just being an individual.

Anita Baker

StyleThinkDoingYouDifficultOwn

Actually, I'm addicted to science fiction. Let me make my diction clear - I love sci-fi.

John Rhys-Davies

LoveScienceMeScience FictionMake

I'm still trying to make it. I'm still trying to get this over and do it and hopefully leave some kind of a mark on the course of American music, particularly in the tradition of what you might call the singer-songwriter.

Steve Forbert

MusicAmericanTraditionTryingYou

I'm not unashamed to say that I like movies that make me verklempt.

Rob Lowe

MeSayMoviesMakeLike

I don't speak English, so I'll just have to win the trust and confidence of the fans with my performance on the field.

Masahiro Tanaka

ConfidenceTrustWinPerformance

Margaret Sanger didn't just introduce the idea of birth control into our culture at large, she freed women from indenture to their bodies.

Roxane Gay

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Watching a film should feel like you just tore a hole out of the air and the void caught fire.

Josh Fox

FireFeelYouWatchingAirOut

Unlike tennis matches, Supreme Court decisions are tiebreaker-free, meaning the lower-court ruling stands without any high-court guidance.

Don Willett

DecisionsMeaningTennisGuidance

Sometimes I use my jokes as building blocks for larger bits. I like to draw and play music, so sometimes I do those things along with the jokes.

Demetri Martin

MusicBuildingPlaySometimesJokes

I think it's important to make clear, you know, that the problem with American soccer... it isn't talent.

Christian Pulisic

TalentThinkAmericanProblemYou

I think when you begin to think of yourself as having achieved something, then there's nothing left for you to work towards. I want to believe that there is a mountain so high that I will spend my entire life striving to reach the top of it.

Cicely Tyson

LifeWorkMountainYourselfBelieve

Probably not much of a song left in me, you know, if any, because I've written so many, some 250 songs or 300 or whatever it is.

Brian Wilson

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