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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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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I couldn't live in L.A. and not be close to the beach, you know, that's like the whole thing. I don't understand people who don't live by the beach. Why would you not?
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In the morning you were never violently sorry-- you made no resolutions, but if you had overdone it and your heart was slightly out of order, you went on the wagon for a few days without saying anything about it, and waited until an accumulation of nervous boredom projected you into another party.
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I'd watch old movies with Judy Garland, Shirley Temple and Bette Davis and long to be part of that glamorous world. A lot of that glamour is gone now. In my own small way, I hope I'm bringing some of it back. But it would be great if I could inspire women to dress up.
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I've had so many different influences musically, even from people who aren't even musicians. If you're inspired by someone and you document it musically, then they are your influence.
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In songwriting, I needed language. And I always believed in singing about what I do.
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I was exposed to jazz early on.
