Gary Shteyngart Quotes

I love Paul Giamatti - God, that man is like a walking Chekhov. His connection to humanity is unbelievable, and those feelings of low self-esteem - the way that all comes together on the screen? Delicious.

Gary Shteyngart

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LoveGodTogetherManWalkingWay

I'm an accomplice to helping women get what they want.

John Galliano

WomenWantGetHelpingAccomplice

Truly, what the Secret Service did for us is that they saved my dad's life twice.

Steven Ford

LifeServiceSecretTwiceUsDid

Video games are a special kind of play, but at root, they're about the same things as other games: embracing particular rules and restrictions in order to develop skills and experience rewards. When a game is well-designed, it's the balance between these factors that engages people on a fundamental level.

Tom Chatfield

ExperienceBalancePeopleVideo Games

I was dictating to my mother when I was 5.

Judith Rossner

Mother

It's not about the script: it's about who the director is and who the other people in the cast are. Because you can look at a great script and execute it in a very sophomoric way, and you can look at an OK script, and you can execute it in a very sophisticated way and come out with something really good.

Jason Bateman

GoodGreatPeopleYouLookWay

God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons.

Dolly Parton

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To me, comedy is a game.

Demetri Martin

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I think there's a tremendous amount of unacknowledged hostility in American culture.

Chris Jordan

CultureThinkAmericanI Think

I've often been described more than once in my life as very much like a golden retriever: just sort of happy and excited to do whatever it is, even if it's as simple as retrieving a ball and bringing it back ad nauseum.

Chris Carmack

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When I go to parties, there's a moment when I think, 'I really don't belong here.'

Cheri Oteri

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Russia also declared its independence. This was approved by the Supreme Soviet, and you know and remember that there was the Declaration on the Independence of Russia.

Boris Yeltsin

IndependenceRememberYouKnowAlso

Everybody goes through a period where you're fighting a lot, I think. Sometimes that can be a good thing for your relationship. That conflict can lead to making up.

Brad Paisley

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