Susan Orlean Quotes

I work at home, in the country, and days will go by when, except for my husband and son and the occasional UPS man, the only sentient creatures that see me are my chickens and turkeys.

Susan Orlean

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'Breaking Bad' is great at blurring the line between good and evil. It makes you feel compassion for Walter White so you're with him throughout this descent into the darker parts of his psyche. The bad that we're capable of is all circumstantial.

Jesse Plemons

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To me, creative work is labor, like any other kind of labor. It's got value, and it takes your time, and it's useful to people, depending.

John Darnielle

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Comedy, I'm still in awe of. I think you need a comic genius somewhere in the mix. It's got to be the actor or someone. But the 'comic genius' actors are the darkest people on the planet - and that kind of scares me!

John Hillcoat

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The most important thing in the professional wrestling industry in this day and age of technology and the Internet and social media is to be able to make wrestling unpredictable.

Matt Hardy

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The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion.

Jean-Claude Killy

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The idea is that the object has a language unto itself.

Anish Kapoor

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I have an affinity for good roles in good films. I like a variety of parts, and if some of the good stuff happens to be in fantasy and horror, I do them.

Jeff Fahey

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I think that if the Democratic Party focuses on nominating who will make the best president, that's going to be a critical mistake. There's only one question at the end of the day, and that question is, Can the potential nominee beat Donald Trump?

Michael Avenatti

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The question of how the eye works - that is, what happens when a photon of light first impinges on the retina - simply could not be answered at that time.

Michael Behe

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We in Scotland need fiscal responsibility. Quite simply, we need to be responsible for what we raise in tax and what we spend in tax.

Tom Hunter

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Film making is an expensive, as well as a serious business. We should be able to entertain our audiences, who are fully aware of what they want. Every filmmaker has a different point of view and presents facets of society.

Rohit Shetty

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People recognize me, call me Ron, and ask me questions. It's really cool and weird as well.

Rupert Grint

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