Abbey Lincoln Quotes
I don't have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes.Abbey Lincoln
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Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project. Let's put it this way: It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.
Naomi Watts -
It's true that I run a multi-national group but I have no interests in India. So please tell me, what should my identity be?
Lakshmi Mittal -
Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
Kate Atkinson -
Think of the difference between a team sport and one that you do by yourself. Like it or not, if you're by yourself, you're going to be faced with a lot more of your own doubts and your own drawbacks and your own whatever.
Campbell Scott -
In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms.
Barney Frank -
A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men.
Ralph W. Sockman
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As we all know... golf is a puzzle without an answer.
Gary Player -
I mean, I was first offered Princess Astra.
Lalla Ward -
There's always merit to having a debate.
Ward Churchill -
I don't think our music has much to do with math rock.
Ian Williams Battles -
There are lots of films I wish stopped at installment number one. I like 'Back to the Future Part II' and 'Part III' enough, but I still like the ending of the first one better.
Edgar Wright -
Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.
Nadine Gordimer
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I think every teenager feels like a Martian in something, whether it's in their family, I think, or in their school. I think every teenager, every human being has a sense that they don't belong somewhere.
Gayle Forman -
My granny was very concerned that we weren't baptised - Mum had been desperate to escape her own Catholic upbringing. But Granny thought we were blighted. Whenever we turned up at her house, she would flick holy water - from the font she kept by the door - over us, in the hope that it would save us from damnation.
Natascha McElhone -
When I'm on stage, it's like a different world ... me connecting with the audience. It's a surreal experience.
Manika -
Could you say 'senator' instead of 'ma'am? It's just a thing. I worked so hard to get that title. I'd appreciate it.
Barbara Boxer -
I like to have something to base a role on.
Sam Heughan -
I find it hard to focus looking forward. So I look backward.
Iggy Pop
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This idea of 'laicite' has been weaponized, in a way, to discriminate against people, and this idea of who gets to be French is really complicated and interesting.
Hailey Gates -
I don't really see myself as an accomplished person. I just worked hard and got opportunities to do what I love. I've been blessed.
Malese Jow -
When you start to prioritize hiring likable people within your organization, these likable people will attract other likable people.
Karen Salmansohn -
As you get older, you like to think you get better because you're learning more.
Elaine Cassidy -
I don't have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes.
Abbey Lincoln