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I always thought that the location of this film [Girl In The Train] was on the train and inside her imagination, and her loneliness and her gaze out the window.Although it was set in England, it didn't feel to me like an overly English book. In terms of the use of cultural references, it was not extreme, so it was very simple to go from England to America in the adaptation.
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He was numb except for dreading the loss of numbness.
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You and me?†I let out a stunned bark of laughter. “There is no you and me.†“That’s what you think,†Chaz says, tugging on his coat. “And I’ll be damned if I’m going to wait around until you figure out that isn’t true.†“Fine,†I say “I’m not asking you to, am I?†“No.†Chaz is smiling… but not like he’s happy. “But you would if you had the slightest idea what was good for you.†And with that, he yanks open the door and storms through it, slamming it closed behind him with enough force to cause the windowpanes to rattle. And then he’s gone.
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I think that Benjamin Franklin felt very strongly in foreign policy in this world, that you needed to at least show some humility, especially when you were strong
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If I make my window ten days for stand-up, the conclusion is that I failed and that I'm not good at stand-up. If I make it ten years - if I just wait - the conclusion might be something totally different. I think it's so cool to do things in which you discover the malleability of your own mind.
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Too many young folk have addiction to superficial things and not enough conviction for substantial things like justice, truth and love.
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Nobody is perfect, so get over the fear of being or doing everything perfectly. Besides, perfect is boring. Today, instead of picking yourself apart in the mirror or with friends over drinks, start seeing your "imperfections" as unique traits that give you character and dimension-because that's exactly what they are.
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Cannot the love of Christ carry the missionary where the slave-trade carries the trader? I shall open up a path to the interior or perish.
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The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.
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America is conservative in fundamental principles... but the principles conserved are liberal and some, indeed, are radical.
