Tavi Gevinson Quotes

I no longer get into stupid thought wormholes about identity and stuff. At one time, I did have some impostor syndrome about acting, but then I remembered I've been doing this since I was little, actually.

Tavi Gevinson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 21, 1996

Topics

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We're in this transition period of figuring out how to deal with all the new technology that is out there, but television still proves to be the granddaddy of them all.

Jeff Zucker

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I'm not hugging the Guantanamo location, but our right to hold people under the laws of war as enemy combatants, I think, is unarguable, and we need to stand up for that.

Michael Hayden

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I don't want to be 'the magician'; I want to be an innocent bystander along with the magical moment.

Michael Carbonaro

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I've been a lucky guy.

Steve Mariucci

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Oftentimes, secrecy involves creating spaces that are outside of the law but are outside the normal channels of oversight. And I think it's pretty easy to see that if you create spaces that are essentially outside the law, then you're creating spaces where anything can happen.

Trevor Paglen

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We weren't rich by any means, but we had each other, so we were rich in family. When you don't have a lot, it just fuels that creativity. So it manifested in us doing characters of people in the neighborhood or doing impersonations of Mom and Dad. The comedy bug, it takes over.

Tony Rock

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Comedy is all about the pause.

Ron White

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I always say I've given 24 insufficient performances and I'm looking forward to the time in my life when I'll do something that I think is good. There's always stuff you can do better, stuff that maybe you didn't uncover enough. But if you do something that you truly believe is perfect, then that's got to be the last movie you do.

Russell Crowe

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I think it's really unfortunate that academics have been sidelined in most important policy debates.

Juan Cole

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There was a time, early on in my career, when it was very important for me to be liked by everyone. It meant that I was musically less honest with myself.

Joshua Bell

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When I worked with my uncle, I loved the fact that jazz music demanded that you use your own unique approach.

Dianne Reeves

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I was a 'Laurel and Hardy' nut. I got to know Laurel at the end of his life, and it was a great thrill for me. He left me his bow tie and derby and told me that if they ever made a movie about him, he'd want me to play him.

Dick Van Dyke

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