Beth Gutcheon Quotes
I became a writer because I love to read, yet I never get to unless I'm reviewing a book or doing research.
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If a man begins writing at thirty, by the time he is fifty or sixty, the bulk of his work has been done. By the time he is eighty, he's got nothing more, you know?
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I realized what interested me as a student of film was one thing and the movies that I liked were another.
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The American people need to tell their member of Congress that we need a strong defense to protect us and to prevent wars. We can't get away with simply leading from behind and gutting our defenses.
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Boxing, in the most general terms, is a poor man's sport. All you have is your hands to make a living.
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Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock.
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As an athlete, my health has always been important to me.
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William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.
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We're raising a generation of kids who are being overly praised for incredibly minor accomplishments. I think it's counter-productive.
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Anyone can rap if you've got brains. So I just went with it.
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Sometimes I see through things when people are talking. I'm really sensitive to other people, so I can tell if somebody's putting on a front.
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Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful.
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If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.
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I used to love going to the garden centre as a kid. It made me feel relaxed.
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Video games and YouTube.com are creatively booming, even though Web design, as demonstrated by the ugly clutter of most major news sites, is in the pits.
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Cinematic icons of the police detective are more male role models than female.
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Each day more coalition MPs in seats outside the South East come out against George Osborne's regional pay cut plans, and Vince Cable now claims they are dead.
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Look at lots of exhibitions and books, and don't get hung up on cameras and technical things. Photography is about images.
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Our family business was operating batting cages. The pitching machine spit out the balls at lightning speed. Don Drysdale, Sandy Koufax. Whitey Ford. 50 cents for 12 pitches. Of course, my mother ran the place, and I was her slave: selling candy, hosing down the street, and the most dreaded of all jobs, feeding the pitching machine with balls.
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I love the fact British men act cool whatever the situation so I'm planning to recruit there.
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I produced some very good work at 'New York' magazine.
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I dreamed of being like Sam Seaborn on 'The West Wing'.
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Blind people come to the park just to hear him pitch.
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I have to re-write a lot. I couldn't tell you how many drafts I write, but I know I've done at least twenty rewrites on each book.
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I became a writer because I love to read, yet I never get to unless I'm reviewing a book or doing research.
