Laura Lang Quotes

I'm not a Pollyanna; I'm a pragmatist.

Laura Lang

Recitation: by Male by Female

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Pollyanna

High school is already an academic and social pressure cooker, and the forces that make it stressful are amplified for queer students.

Jenna Wortham

SchoolHigh SchoolPressureHigh

My best tennis at my peak was when I played a lot of matches.

John McEnroe

BestTennisPeakPlayedLotMatches

I know Peter Jackson a tiny-tiny bit from interviewing him about the 'Lord of the Rings' movies over the years. When I was visiting the set of 'The Return of the King,' he let me be an extra so I could see filmmaking from a different perspective. I was a Rohan soldier.

Jeff Giles

PerspectiveKingMeFilmmakingKnow

I'm always nervous taking on a period role because it's difficult to research - you can't observe it, go out and see it. But it's satisfying because eventually you think, 'I got there.'

Shirley Henderson

ResearchThinkYouGoNervousSee

When you have a good script you're almost in more trouble than when you have a terrible script.

Robert Downey, Jr.

GoodYouTroubleMoreTerribleThan

'A.D.' will focus on life after the crucifixion and the dangers that the disciples faced in the aftermath of Jesus' resurrection.

Roma Downey

LifeFocusWillResurrectionDangers

Science fiction writers put characters into a world with arbitrary rules and work out what happens.

Rudy Rucker

WorkScienceWorldRulesOut

Acting is usually regarded as a wholly narcissistic pursuit but there really is a hunger in me to unravel the human condition.

Jason Isaacs

MeActingHumanHungerPursuit

I think the qualities I look for in a girl I'd like to be my girlfriend would be the way Lindsay's character is before she becomes a plastic. Very real.

Jonathan Bennett

GirlCharacterThinkLookWayShe

I understand the military. I know the military.

Donald Trump

KnowUnderstandMilitary

Sheer Playfulness and Deadly Seriousness are my closest friends.

Philip Roth

FriendsSeriousnessDeadlySheer

I really believe that we have to work hard to make online education better and better, and eventually it's going to be really great. But like most of these things, it takes time to improve, to understand and to make things really good.

Sebastian Thrun

WorkEducationGoodGreatTimeHard

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