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The ego is kind of a big, unwieldy thing. It’s not so easily tamed or subdued.

Alan Ball

We live in a time where there’s an alienation factor. There’s a certain disconnection.
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Alienation Certain Disconnection Factor Live Time
In my own life, I think legends of supernatural, mythic things are really just a manifestation of the collective unconscious. So I don’t really get freaked out.
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Collective Legend Life Manifestation Myth Own Supernatural Thing Unconscious
The important thing is that he shook hands with us over the phone.
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Hand Important Over Phone Shook Thing
It’s easy to look at the vampires as a metaphor for any feared or misunderstood group.
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Easy Fear Group Look Metaphor Misunderstood Vampire
I try to tell the best story, and the story that has some heart and some genuine terror and some social commentary and some comedy and some romance and some sex and some violence.
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Best Comedy Commentary Genuine Romance Sex Social Story Tell Terror Violence
Makes you wonder what else you can do that you’ve forgotten about.
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Else Make Wonder
I mean certainly, you read about things people did to each other in the pursuit of some mystical or occult goal, and it’s horrifying. But that’s just human nature.
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Certainly Goal Human Nature People Pursuit Read
It’s also easy to look at them as a metaphor for a shadow organization that says one thing and has a completely different agenda on their mind, and anybody who gets in their way, they just get rid of them. Does that sound familiar?
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Agenda Different Easy Look Metaphor Mind One Organization Shadow Similar Sound Thing
I would say try to tell stories that you care about as opposed to stories that you think will sell.
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Oppose Say Sell Story Think Try Vare
Once Everton has touched you, nothing will be the same.
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Nothing Once Person Same Touch
Happy relationships are boring. We all want them in our own life. But I don’t want to watch them on TV.
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Boring Happy Life Relationship Television Watch
I felt pride, wonderful pride, when I was captain. It was an honour to take over from Labby. Anybody who has ever captained a big club, which Everton are, will tell you it’s a great honour.
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Captain Over Person Pride Take Wonderful
I’m not a believer in luck, but I do believe you need it.
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Believer Luck Need
I’m not like J.K. Rowling, where I know there’s going to be this number of seasons, and I know exactly what’s going to happen.
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Author Exactly Happen Like Number Person Season
I would be so bored if that was the case. There would be no journey. There would be nothing to discover.
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Bore Case Discover Journey No Nothing
I’m from the South, so while I personally find it impossible to live there, I still have a fondness for it as a geographical region.
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Fondness Geographical Mpossible Personally Region

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