Mark Boal Quotes

For weeks after 9/11 you could smell the dust and pulverised concrete in New York, and the National Guard came in, so there was a military presence on the streets. It was intense. Overwhelming. Heartbreaking.

Mark Boal

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I'm not ashamed to admit that for many years, most of my fitness information came from a VHS series by MTV called ''The Grind Workout.''

Jenna Wortham

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I did a lot of community theatre and met a manager that worked out of Philadelphia, and she started sending me up to New York for auditions, and I got the part in a play at Manhattan Theatre Club when I was 15.

John Gallagher, Jr.

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I felt better being in the background. That's the way I like it.

Stefan Edberg

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It is impossible to treat a child too well. Children are spoiled by being ignored too much or by harshness, not by kindness.

Sloan Wilson

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The tendency of modern scientific teaching is to neglect the great books, to lay far too much stress upon relatively unimportant modern work, and to present masses of detail of doubtful truth and questionable weight in such a way as to obscure principles.

Ronald Fisher

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I think all The Shield boys will tell you we hold The Shield very dear to our hearts. That was our vehicle to where we are now, and to get out of developmental and out of that hot Tampa warehouse.

Roman Reigns

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Grace Jones was an influence, because I was like, 'These shoulders! These pants! Girls can wear pants and be awesome.' That's something I definitely embody.

Lorde

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I love country songs. I love Broadway.

Colm Wilkinson

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As the youngest, I wanted to be my father's son and perpetuate the family name.

Connie Chung

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But, you know, it really depends on the character. Age doesn't really matter.

Alison Lohman

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I wasn't sure if I wanted to put that out there so blatantly, so that before you listen to me you know that I'm Asian. But I thought it was sort of cool to embrace the Korean half of me, which I love.

Priscilla Ahn

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In our own lives and in our communities, we need to find a way to include others rather than exclude them. We need to find a way to allow our pain and suffering, individually and collectively.

Sharon Salzberg

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