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Life is beautiful because it doesn't last.

~Brit Marling

Topics: Beautiful Because Last Life Life Is Beautiful

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Science fiction has a way of letting you talk about where we are in the world and letting you be a bit of a pop philosopher without being didactic.

~Brit Marling

Topics: About Being Bit Didactic Fiction Letting Philosopher Pop Science Science Fiction Talk Way Where Without World You

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You are the sum total of the choices you make every day.

~Brit Marling

Topics: Choices Day Every Every Day Make Sum Sum Total Total You

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I think there is a general unrest or curiosity about what a human future is going to be like, and whether the way we're living is even sustainable.

~Brit Marling

Topics: About Curiosity Even Future General Going Human Like Living Sustainable Think Unrest Way Whether I Think

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I wasn't actually very naturally good at economics. My brain doesn't work very well, in terms of mathematics.

~Brit Marling

Topics: Actually Brain Economics Good Mathematics Naturally Terms Very Well Work

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We're always just telling stories, and stories are always just approximations of the truth. It's never the truth exactly.

~Brit Marling

Topics: Always Exactly Just Never Stories Telling Truth

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We put limitations on the way that we think about things, on ourselves, think about all the boxes we live in, male or female, you're this age, that age, this is your job, this is not your job, everything is about getting boxed in.

~Brit Marling

Topics: About Age Boxed Boxes Everything Female Getting Job Limitations Live Male Ourselves Put Things Think Way You Your

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I learned from my parents the idea that, if you are devoted enough and you want to study something enough, you can really teach yourself anything.

~Brit Marling

Topics: Anything Devoted Enough Idea Learned Parents Really Something Study Teach Want You Yourself

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I didn't understand how you could be an actor if you didn't also study philosophy and study political science, astronomy. And also just go out and live life and have experiences.

~Brit Marling

Topics: Actor Also Astronomy Could Experiences Go How Just Life Live Live Life Out Philosophy Political Political Science Science Study Understand You

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Writing so that I can act became a way of having not more control over my future but not having to wait for permission. You can choose yourself. Hmm, who should play this part? I nominate me!

~Brit Marling

Topics: Act Became Choose Control Future Having Me More Over Part Permission Play Should Wait Way Who Writing You Yourself I Can

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: August 7th, 1983

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