Hanya Yanagihara Quotes

There comes a point when you're writing a novel when you're in it so deep that the life of the novel becomes more real to you than life itself. You have to write your way out of it; once you're there, it's too late to abandon.

Hanya Yanagihara

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A lot of times, it's nice to open, because the heat's off you. You just go out and blast your set and say to whoever's going to finish, 'There you go.' Even though when you first start, people are drifting in, and that's kind of a bit disconcerting.

Joe Cocker

PeopleStartYouGoNiceKind

My favorite pudding is good old English apple pie.

Jeremy Bulloch

GoodApplePieOldEnglishFavorite

I think the way WWE Studios is going now - they're going away from action, doing more drama, more comedy - it will open a lot of people's eyes. Because a lot of people see big guy, big frame: action superstar. We've proven, especially with 'Legendary,' that that is not always the case.

John Cena

EyesPeopleActionThinkComedyWay

I don't have a philosophy for choosing roles. Sometimes, it's just, 'This might be interesting; that might be fun to do.' There might be interesting actors or directors in the project, even if the part is not important. And then sometimes, you need the money.

Max von Sydow

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A lot of times when we work overseas we tend to put the experience of someone who lives overseas, a Chinese person or a Korean person or a Bosnian person, within the prism of an American life.

John Pomfret

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I love the idea of waking up to a song. It could be any song.

Shreya Ghoshal

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My impulse is to create an aesthetic that's about a humanistic approach to a world and trying to create compassion for all the characters.

Mike White

CompassionWorldAestheticTrying

In recent years, we have seen the United States back away from pressuring the Castro regime, under the misguided view that placating them with an open hand would yield progress. That naivete has invited only more cruelty and oppression in return.

Mitt Romney

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The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality.

Don Marquis

QualityToo MuchTroubleMoreNeed

I know things that I need to work on in my life, things that I can be better at.

Draymond Green

LifeWorkBetterMy LifeI CanKnow

I've never been comfortable as a lead performer, and I never wanted to be a singer, particularly.

Donald Fagen

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The extreme side of my personality, which I chose to sort of display, was snowballing and getting a life of its own. It was like looking in a mirror and not recognising myself.

Brian Molko

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