Alexi Zentner Quotes

For 'The Lobster Kings,' I listened to a lot of Johnny Cash. And it makes its way into the book.

Alexi Zentner

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The communism of Karl Marx would probably be actually the best for everybody as a whole. But what he didn't figure into was human nature, and that's what corrupts it.

Jesse Ventura

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Give tax breaks to large corporations, so that money can trickle down to the general public, in the form of extra jobs.

Andrew Mellon

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Working with Michael Shannon and Taylor Kitsch was incredible.

John Leguizamo

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Do parents sit down and tell their kids everything? I don't know. I don't know. I've convinced myself - I hope I'm right - that children despair of you if you don't tell them the truth.

Maurice Sendak

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I'm very conscious that I want the dance audience to respond and respect what I'm doing, so I'm always very true to the music and I honour the music in the way I see it - I don't mess around with the music.

Matthew Bourne

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There are large numbers of people in India below the poverty line; there are large numbers of people who lead a meager existence. They want to find a little escape from the hardships of life and come and watch something colorful and exciting and musical. Indian cinema provides that.

Amitabh Bachchan

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Investing in ports with partners is a very common model for us.

Soren Skou

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You just always have to be ready. You never know when your number is going to be called.

Tua Tagovailoa

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And that's what the audience was feeling too, as they watched the show and as they watch it now. And overriding all of that is the way it was written. It was written honestly. There was never any manufactured laugh. There was never compromising of character.

Mary Tyler Moore

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I always say that modernization is not an abstract thing; it's a very specific task.

Dmitry Medvedev

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Once he became a series character, I made the conscious choice that he would never act like a series character, never wink at the reader, never pull his punches. Better for him, better for me.

Donald E. Westlake

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In order to resist injuries and stay healthy, you have to be mobile and agile. You have to be able to have your body work for you.

Bobby Lashley

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