Nell Scovell (Helen Vivian Scovell) Quotes
Writing for TV made way more sense than writing for magazines. And by sense, I mean money.
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If you interact with anyone, ultimately, all people are the same. However they're dressed, when you're in the house with a person, they're going to be a regular human being.
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In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.
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I don't think I'm that intelligent. I think I'm semi-intelligent.
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh.
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I don't really desire things. I prefer to spend my money on experiences, on meals or travel.
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The 'We Have Overcome' generation has run out of intellectual creativity but refuses to leave the political stage.
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It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen.
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There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.
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Make the wise man within you your living ideal.
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I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it.
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I don't want to be someone else.
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I have not one shred of anger in my heart against Netanyahu or his wife.
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I grew up on 'Battle of the Planets.'
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I am not interested in producing fiction for Indian television at all, the reason being that I don't understand the medium. I can be a judge or a host; I can do that as an individual. But to produce TV content, you have to know the game.
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For some reason, Superman seems to be held to higher standards on the subject of secret/super identities than other superheroes. No one ever says, 'Peter Parker was a nerdy kid. He can't possibly be Spider-Man, attract a good-looking gal, work in a newspaper, etc.' And no one gets hung up on whether his nerdiness is a disguise.
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There are constant challenges in the drawing process, especially in a period piece, and therein lay the fun.
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Whatever I have done so far has led me to 'Kaabil.' It is a big opportunity for me to establish myself more commercially. It is a huge platform.
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I'm an athlete in general.
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I've been very fortunate - You only can do what you're offered, you know?
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I ponder if we are more defined by the container we are in than what we are inside. Would we recognize ourselves if we could expand beyond our bodies?
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My whole staff love to laugh and count the money. On the couch, hands in our pants like Al Bundy.
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Memory implies that there is some static time and place you can go back to, whereas if you relive it by trying to put yourself back in that context, its more nuanced, less black and white. More traumatic, but also more exciting. When I knew I had to write about things that would be painful, I put off doing it for ages. But then eventually the fear of not doing it becomes greater than the fear of doing it.
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Writing for TV made way more sense than writing for magazines. And by sense, I mean money.
