Lena Dunham Quotes

I quit acting when I was 11 because I was cast as a bouncing ball in 'Alice in Wonderland,' and I felt slighted and wounded.

Lena Dunham

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Acting tough is all about developing an attitude and a persona that says, 'Look at how great I am.' But often, that tough exterior is meant to hide self-doubt. Mentally strong people invest more energy into working on their weaknesses rather than trying to cover them up.

Amy Morin

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When you find the person that you settle down with, I guess you mellow. They are taming you, aren't they? Or you're taming them.

Stella McCartney

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I quit college so fast I didn't even clean out my locker.

Steven Spielberg

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Any time I got in emotional turmoil, I felt sick all the time, like at any minute I would die.

Skeet Ulrich

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One problem with politics is that it is a zero sum game, i.e. politicians argue how to cut the pie smaller and smaller, by reshuffling pieces of the pie. I think this is destructive. Instead, we should be creating a bigger pie, i.e. funding the science that is the source of all our prosperity. Science is not a zero sum game.

Michio Kaku

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I love feeling like I'm 'on the pulse' of things. Nothing more satisfying, more valued, more exciting as a writer. Because shaping pop culture really means that you're saying something that a lot of people want to hear.

Liz Tuccillo

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The more people I reach, the more people there are that have opinions about me. Not everyone loves me, but I have to be okay no matter what they think about me.

Joyce Meyer

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I think America needs lots of tough people. Not just me. I think America needs to get tougher, all of us.

Chris Christie

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I'm a big fan of the movies of the '60s, more than a fan of the movies of the '70s.

Christopher McQuarrie

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The Clintons use black people for votes but then don't do anything for black communities after they're elected. They use us for photo ops.

Alicia Garza

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A lot of my writing is not terribly civilized.

Suzanne Vega

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All that a city will ever allow you is an angle on it, an oblique, indirect sample of what it contains, or what passes through it; a point of view.

Peter Conrad

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