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I don't think I could, with a straight face, describe myself as a completely positive person, but I'm not overly negative, either. On the whole, most writers think plots through to their consequences, and it's not always a sunny place. I have an occupational temperament for anxiety. James Lasdun

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Personally, I can't see the appeal in trekking down to D.C. for a networking extravaganza, even if it is built around a special moment in American history. While I find the election of Barack Obama inspirational, I don't have a desire to memorialize it with overly effusive celebration. Jamie Johnson

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If you aren't overly effusive or really nicey-nice with the press, you get a reputation for being outspoken or difficult. Janeane Garofalo

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I'm overly confident. I believe in myself 100 percent. I believe in my game, and I believe in my work ethic. Jaylen Brown

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Without sounding overly sentimental about the process, I'd say trying to describe how you tend to conceive of a book is like describing how you tend to fall in love. Jess Walter

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Michelle has had to grapple with Hilary Clinton's legacy as First Lady... Michelle Obama never wants to be seen as the kind of First Lady who is overly involved in the West Wing. Jodi Kantor

So much of Hollywood is this kind of overly machismo, nonsensical view of masculinity, which I just don't find honest. I think it's this idea of - you know, we're told, well, 'Be a man, be a man.' But what does that mean, exactly? Does that mean you can't carry yourself with any fear? That you can't acknowledge that you're scared? Joe Carnahan

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I was never interested in being an overly public person. John Cusack

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I remembered seeing it and it was this metallic turbine and I thought it was beautiful. I had never been in a power plant before, but I felt, without being overly dramatic, compelled to make photographs of this for myself. John Sexton

As Latinas, we tend to be overly partial considering stereotypes. I'm interested in being naughty and edgy. Judy Reyes

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I think when it comes to women who write or who fancy ourselves 'hip downtown literati', there is a certain contempt for being overly sexual or really looking for boyfriends. We tend to be marginalized as some 'Sex & The City' Carrie Bradshaw chick-lit dummies who just want shoes and a ring. Julie Klausner

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Any time you start judging with an overly critical eye rather than letting things just be, and following what you think is right, it's complicated to find balance. Juliette Lewis

This is the biggest trick of the sort of thing I write: creating fun, powerful stories with tons of interesting stuff going socially and culturally that doesn't overly confuse the reader. Kameron Hurley

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I'm overly sentimental and don't throw things away. Katherine Waterston

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Devising the menu for an intimate meal can be a thorny task. You want to make something your guy will go crazy for, but that usually means big and heavy. And feeling overly full kind of kills the mood. Katie Lee

I've always been a religious guy, but not overly religious. I've always believed in God and Jesus. I pray. Kevin Sorbo

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I'd never be overly confident about anything. Leo Varadkar

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I didn't feel a strong bond with the parents who raised me, and I had anything but a happy childhood. My mother was overly sensitive; my father, ascetic. I was neither. I felt as if I were living with complete strangers. I suspect that my parents felt the same way. Lisa Lutz

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Writing has never been an intentional endeavor to me. I know a lot of people have experiences and then sit down and try to sort them out through song, but whenever I sit down to write, it comes out hackneyed or overly saccharine. Lucy Dacus

I feel nowadays a lot of bands can be too overly produced. There's something about the leather pants and bare bodies and Axl Rose running back and forth on a stage and going crazy. I love all that. Malin Akerman

Not to get overly psychological about this, but it's probably why I became an actress in the first place: for that kind of freedom and refuge, as well as for the fact that I just love acting so much. Marisa Tomei

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One way a collaboration can go wrong is if your connection is inauthentic or overly prescriptive. Mark Parker

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In retrospect, I do think it's fair to say that we were overly idealistic and focused on more of the good parts of what connecting people and giving people a voice can bring. Mark Zuckerberg

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