Glen Duncan Quotes

Until the age of thirteen, I tortured the waiting worlds of book illustration and professional football by shilly-shallying over which of them was going to get the benefit of my inestimable talents.

Glen Duncan

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AgeFootballWaitingBookOverGet

The camera lens or the television camera is still just a proscenium arch. And as a great old character actor once said to me, wherever you're acting, you reach up and take hold of the proscenium arch, and you pull it down around your shoulders.

Robert Preston

CharacterGreatMeCameraActing

I mean, when I got to Brown, the place was riven, because you had older professors who were basically new critics and had been teaching a certain way for 30 years. And then you had this other gang who was down with the semiotic program. And as a student, you were, in a way, forced to choose which cohort you were going with.

Jeffrey Eugenides

YouChooseDownPlaceStudentNew

Reading requires the brain to rearrange its original parts to learn something new.

Maryanne Wolf

BrainReadingLearnNewSomething

I had a bat mitzvah, was confirmed, went to Jewish summer camp, I go to temple for the High Holy Days. I think, like most people in their early 20s, I kind of strayed away from it. I think once I have a family I'll be back into it.

Lizzy Caplan

FamilyPeopleThinkBackEarlyKind

What I argued in 'The Great Divide' is that societies can't function without trust, both politically and economically.

Joseph Stiglitz

GreatTrustWithoutDivideFunction

Let's be real: It's just TV; it's just entertainment.

Chi McBride

EntertainmentRealBe RealJustTV

When you make 'The Daily Show', it's usually not for a laurel, it's for a dart.

Brian Williams

DailyYouShowMakeDartLaurel

There is no drama like the drama on the athletic field.

Phil Knight

DramaLikeFieldAthletic

I'm pretty sure I became an actress solely because of craft services. When you're a kid and there's a lady walking around with a tray of chocolate and other free candy, that's the best reason to be in the industry!

Serinda Swan

BestFreeChocolateWalkingYouKid

Boxing is systemically corrupt.

Thomas Hauser

BoxingCorrupt

The SEALs have a sense of community I've never seen anywhere. Not just the guys but the wives, widows, kids of fallen heroes.

Richard Phillips

CommunityNeverHeroesSeenKids

Only baptize them if you truly believe these people are ready, taking a little more time if necessary so the Holy Ghost can strengthen them a little more.

Richard G. Scott

TimePeopleBelieveYouReadyMore

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