Mark White Quotes
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I think the greatest privilege you have as an artist is time to nurture what you want to make; that's super luxurious. For you to rush into something, that doesn't feel fun to me. I'm living life in order to be able to write about it.
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Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.
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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
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I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet.
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All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.
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Sexiness, particularly in movies, is the chess game in the 'Thomas Crown Affair'. It's, it's, I don't know, but Faye Dunaway comes up a lot in that thinking. It's the subtlety of sexiness. The moment you try to be sexy, then it's not.
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It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm not even really aware of writing for myself.
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Great books are rare.
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A triathlon is on my bucket list. I started training a long time ago, and my life took a different turn: Things happen; work happens. I will definitely accomplish that at some point!
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Long-format television is a better way to tell a female story.
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You don't want to influence the same system you are trying to forecast.
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It's important to know what motivates you, not what motivates somebody else.
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I love doing a film with a new bunch of people.
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The point of painting is not really deception or imitation.
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There are some people who can receive a truth by no other way than to have their understanding shocked and insulted.
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Ambitious men never believe others aren’t the same.
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With rue my heart is ladenFor golden friends I had,For many a rose-lipt maidenAnd many a lightfoot lad.By brooks too broad for leapingThe lightfoot boys are laid;The rose-lipt girls are sleepingIn fields where roses fade.
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Life insurance in America has traditionally been dominated by mutual insurers. Twelve of the fifteen largest life insurers are mutuals.
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At Babbo, each dish grew out of a conversation, trying to put something forth that was new and different. It was a combination of culinary adventurism and the dining-room experience with respect for the classic but with an eye toward innovation. And it was about eating locally, whether produce or fish or meat.
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When I was a bachelor with a different girl on my arm every week, people didn't think I was quite legitimate.
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He will bless God, and love England ever after
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We affect the future of those who come after us almost as much as we affect our own.
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I am not afraid of taking risks. We have to take risks for peace.
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I was exposed to jazz early on.
