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Honestly, in the music business, it's all about being cool or being the newest thing or being the 'It' person, and I've tried really hard to be what is expected of me or what would be advantageous to my career, and I just reached the point where I said, 'No, I'm an emotional loser. I can't pretend to not care.'

Mitski

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When you're stuck, and sure you've written absolutely garbage, force yourself to finish and then decide to fix or scrap it - or you will never know if you can.

Jodi Picoult

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Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural.

John Berger

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The most horrifying thing I ever did was work as a steward on an airplane. I wanted to get hired by United. I thought, 'With my languages, this will be amazing; I will work in First Class.' But I could only get a job with an airline going from Newark, New Jersey to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

John Grant

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Self-knowledge is essential not only to writing, but to doing almost anything really well. It allows you to work through from a deep place - from the deep, dark corners of your subconscious mind.

Meg Rosoff

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The honor of being able to play Maura is transformative. I'm 70 years old. I should be in a reading room, reading Dickens or something.

Jeffrey Tambor

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Well, I think my stand-up is often kind of visual. Not like Carrot Top visual, but visual.

Michael Ian Black

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Sometimes I get kind of bored if I go like a month or so and I'm not doing anything. At first I'm like, 'Cool, I'll have a little time off and I'll get to hang out with friends,' but then after a little while goes by I'm like, 'Oh,' and I really wish that I could go back and start doing work again.

Miranda Cosgrove

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My favorite comedians were Jimmy Durante, George Burns, senior citizens.

Joseph Bologna

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Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.

Joseph Campbell

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Is there really anyone, besides Rudy Giuliani, who prefers the new Times Square?

Jonathan Safran Foer

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Sometimes I find I'm wearing a divided, split brain in terms of drama and humor.

Ridley Scott

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I get letters constantly from all over the world, telephone calls from America, Brazil, Australia, all over, especially on my birthday. A family? I have a huge international family. That's all I need.

Renata Tebaldi

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