Beverly Cleary Quotes
Novels by British writers are among my favorites because our family has enjoyed travel in England and because they are written with an economy of words as if they were written with a pen instead of a computer. Penelope Fitzgerald is a favorite.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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I did almost two years on 'One Life to Live,' so I was thinking, 'Oh yeah, I'm an actor now.'
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There's a generative material relationship between the material and the image that comes up.
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It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.
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I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally.
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I'm not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It's only me.
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I would never go to a gym. How could I do it? So I tried to do it in my house and it doesn't work.
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I used to have a very unmediated experience of food but, because of the recipe testing, I've lost that now. I can't switch it off even when I'm on holiday.
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Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
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Sometimes cameras and television are good to people and sometimes they aren't. I don't know if its the way you say it, or how you look.
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China and Russia are regarded as the most formidable cyber threats.
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My motto is that the audience should notice the actors, not the clothes.
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Our country is in deep trouble. To talk and re-litigate in 1998, or even what Mitt Romney said or didn't say in 1994 or 2002, I don't think most people really care.
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I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.
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I don't actually think there has ever been too much emphasis on what I am wearing.
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When you're an athlete and you play every day and are conditioning yourself every year, the aging is gradual.
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If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.
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I love to write. It's my first love.
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The things I love about this business the most, is that it is a challenge trying to prove to everyone - including yourself - that you can do something different than what people think you're capable of.
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Headline writing is tough because often times you are given a predetermined number of spaces and words depending on the layout and the type of the story.
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I doubt I'll ever do another book collaboration; I've been spoiled. Roger and I both happened to move to New Mexico at about the same time, when we each had a family of young kids to raise. Socializing seemed to lead naturally to working together.
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Novels by British writers are among my favorites because our family has enjoyed travel in England and because they are written with an economy of words as if they were written with a pen instead of a computer. Penelope Fitzgerald is a favorite.
