Lisa Cholodenko Quotes

I just think self-satisfied people ignore certain signs about other people.

Lisa Cholodenko

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I won't let any of my friends become a fan. To me, you're either a friend or you're a fan. That doesn't mean my friends can't support me, because they all do, but they can't treat me differently than they would treat someone else. None of my friends are in awe of me.

Jeremy Lin

FriendSupportMeTreatSomeoneYou

I went to Princeton High School when I was very serious about being an artist.

John Lithgow

SchoolHigh SchoolArtistSerious

'LOL' is one of several texting expressions that convey nuance in a system where you don't have the voice and face to do it the way you normally would.

John McWhorter

VoiceFaceYouWayTextingSystem

I don't read a lot of books that were published after 1755. One thing about having friends in New York who belong to the literary world, however, is that I have a steady stream of books coming to the house.

John Jeremiah Sullivan

New YorkWorldFriendsHouseNew

We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days.

Robert Hall

LifeWisdomUnderstandingDaysSeek

We need religion as a guide. We need it because we are imperfect. Our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they are sinners can bring to democracy the tolerance it requires in order to survive.

Jeff Miller

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I want to believe that while we may sometimes read in the misguided pursuit of preserving our separation, there is a greater impulse inside us that compels us to read in search of the common heart.

Sue Monk Kidd

HeartBelieveSearchSometimesWant

I'm a pretty happy person, to be honest with you.

Jonny Lee Miller

HappyYouPersonHonestPretty

One wonders whether the Obama re-election campaign may be on the right track as it seeks to apply the you-break-it-you-own-it rule to Bush and the American economy. Hardly a day goes by without President Obama or his surrogates arguing that it takes longer than four years to recover from an economic crisis so long in the making.

Jon Meacham

DayAmericanLongCrisisEconomy

The actor is there to translate what's on the page onto the stage or the screen. So I find it important that an actor manages to actually get out of the way, vanish as a person behind the character, never to be seen or talked about again. That's my philosophy.

Christoph Waltz

CharacterPhilosophyFindPersonWay

You don't realise it, but we're in a race between technology and politics, and technologists are winning. They're way ahead.

Antonio Garcia Martinez

TechnologyPoliticsWinningYouWay

There are many forms of writing that are common, but also very formulaic, such as annual reports or economic studies. In those areas, people would probably be relieved not to have to write those kinds of things because they are mundane and drudgery.

Philip M. Parker

PeopleWritingWriteThingsEconomic

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