Laura van den Berg Quotes

I think, in a lot of ways, if you really strip down some of the most compelling novels, in a lot of ways, they're detective stories.

Laura van den Berg

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ThinkYouDownDetectiveMostSome

With each passing decade, history becomes less real for us, less immediate and essential to our way of life, and so, like 'green' nature, more of a commodity or an advertising gimmick.

John Burnside

LifeNatureHistoryGreenWayMore

There's not a lot of room anymore for what I call 'made-up' drama. The drama comes from real places now - marriage takes work and focus, the kid stuff takes patience and commitment. And if you don't grow as people and as a couple, within all of that, then you've got some real drama.

Jeremy Sisto

WorkMarriagePatienceFocusPeople

I remember back in the 1960s - late '50s, really - reading a comic book called 'Martin Luther King Jr. and the Montgomery Story.' Fourteen pages. It sold for 10 cents. And this little book inspired me to attend non-violence workshops, to study about Gandhi, about Thoreau, to study Martin Luther King, Jr., to study civil disobedience.

John Lewis

KingMeBookReadingStoryRemember

Keep in mind that there are computers, that do touch things up. Like when I got a hold of the poster for 'Gold Diggers,' I said: 'Hey, wait a minute! Those aren't my teeth!'

Anna Chlumsky

MindWaitGoldComputersSaidTeeth

When I first went to places where people were suffering from war and persecution, I felt ashamed of my feelings of sadness. I could see more possibilities in my life.

Angelina Jolie

LifeWarPeopleSufferingSadness

I was put in White City children's home when I was 15.

Amanda de Cadenet

HomeChildrenCityWhitePut

I think the graphic novel form works, in practice, a lot differently from watching a movie. You can put it down and pick it back up whenever you want - something you can't do in a theater.

Travis Beacham

PracticeThinkYouBackDownWant

I always thought I could be the best, and that's what I've been doing all these years.

Robbie Lawler

BestThoughtDoingAlwaysYears

At certain points, I was afraid there was something - a missing chink of skill - that was going to prevent me from having a movie that was financially successful. That frightened me.

Jonathan Demme

MeSkillAfraidMissingSuccessful

I was 14 years old. I did an audition for extra work as an actor, with two lines. Suddenly I was auditioning for a bigger role, and then got a part on a Portuguese TV series at age 15. My whole life changed completely.

Diogo Morgado

LifeWorkAgeActorOldBigger

I don't keep a press agent because I think people need to have a break from you.

Donna Summer

PeopleThinkYouNeedBreakKeep

My greatest hope for a future without another Deepwater Horizon disaster lies in our schools, living rooms and community centers, not in boardrooms, political chambers and big industry. If this happens again, we won't have the luxury of the unknown to shield us from answering 'Why?'

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

FutureHopeCommunityHorizonLuxury

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