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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I have worked for three decades as a staunch advocate of building a 'big tent' party that includes both pro-choice and pro-life Republicans.
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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 love Mexican food, and there's a really good restaurant called El Parador that I love.
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I am an undiplomatic diplomat.
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Writing can be fun. I think the challenge is to convey interesting things in accessible ways, and that's what I aim to do in books.
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Writing for TV made way more sense than writing for magazines. And by sense, I mean money.
