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I grew up in Southern California, and I particularly did not fit in. I always felt like a fish out of water in my hometown because everyone was very happy, and I was thinking about death and anxiety, and not many other people around me seemed to be thinking about that.


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HAROLD BLOOM Intimacy is being seen and known as the person you truly are.
AMY BLOOM I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult fi...
ORLANDO BLOOM Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the...
ALLAN BLOOM Legolas is that kind of action elf who pouts a bit, stares off to the distance, and has a couple her...
ORLANDO BLOOM Vig used to call me 'Elf boy', and I'd call him 'filthy human'. As an Elf, I nev...
ORLANDO BLOOM My whole career has been fulfilling my childhood fantasies, playing characters that are larger than ...
ORLANDO BLOOM Movies like that aren't about the visual effects and explosions. They're human stories about...
ORLANDO BLOOM Climate change is not the fault of man. It's Mother Nature's way. And sucking greenhouse gas...
HOWARD BLOOM We all have day jobs and fantasize about being rock stars and alt-country stars.
DAVE BLOOM The people from church see us in a totally different environment. But I have to censor myself on the...
DAVE BLOOM If our wondrous kindness is evidence for God, is our capacity for great evil proof of the Devil?
PAUL BLOOM There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proporti...
ORLANDO BLOOM Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
ORLANDO BLOOM I am interested in the gaps between one piece of sidewalk and the next. I am interested in the thing...
AMY BLOOM I think his modus operandi has evolved into, you can just try to do the best you can every single da...
LARRY BLOOM I think a film set is a quite controlled environment and you feel like you can trust them and it is ...
ORLANDO BLOOM Generally speaking, we get the joke. We know that the free market is nonsense. We know that the whol...
RON BLOOM Obviously, this is a continuation of dollar woes.
DAVID BLOOM I mean, I have a great job. I get to dress up and become somebody else, especially when it's someone...
ORLANDO BLOOM Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their childre...
ALLAN BLOOM It really isn't about winning the medal for me.
JEREMY BLOOM I'll have a week to put the cleats on and get ready. Is a week enough? I don't see why not. I've bee...
JEREMY BLOOM I'm humbled to be here, and I'm very excited. The sport of football has been a huge passion of mine ...
JEREMY BLOOM Well, this is America, so obviously football is the Big Daddy in this country. It gets the most atte...
JEREMY BLOOM Imagination is Reality Lite - a useful substitute when the real pleasure is inaccessible, too risky,...
PAUL BLOOM I crave working on those small independent movies because I love going to see those myself.
ORLANDO BLOOM Being referred to as a hunk or a heartthrob makes me nervous, but it's flattering. But I'm m...
ORLANDO BLOOM If you're an American reader, you can love short stories the way other Americans love baseball; ...
AMY BLOOM When I arrive at my destination, I like to hit the gym, as I find exercise helps combat jet lag.
ORLANDO BLOOM Modern science tells us that the conscious self arises from a purely physical brain. We do not have ...
PAUL BLOOM