"Nietzsche's vision of the superman is of someone who's able to control and tame his passions and turn them into something richer than raw emotion and raw feeling. I think the best writing does that too. Untamed passion basically results in bad writing or bad polemics, which so many writers and public intellectuals are vulnerable to."

-- Pankaj Mishra

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“There was this project I really wanted before 'Glee' and I didn't get cast - I went in about 13 times and I was so bummed when I didn't get it. But then a month later I got cast on 'Glee,' and I felt like it was meant to happen.”
“Love is the only energy Iâ€™ve ever used as a writer. Iâ€™ve never written out of anger, although anger has informed love.”
“When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.”
“While we are here we should set goals and achieve them, make the best of things, make others feel good about themselves, and be happy with what we are and what we are doing.”
“For the structure that we raise, Time is with materials filled; Our to-days and yesterdays Are the blocks with which we build.”
“If you wonder how long Ill be faithful. I'll be happy to tell you again. I'm gonna love you forever & ever, forever & ever amen.”
“Every uncomfortable experience in life gives you the choice of growing bitter or better.”
“Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish.”

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