Marlo Thomas Quotes
I was learning that, even for a woman with power, the path was dotted with land mines—she's so ambitious. she's so aggressive. she's ruthless. 'Funny thing,' I used to say, 'a man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless . . . all a woman has to do is put you on hold.'
Marlo Thomas
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Your opening should give the reader a person to focus on. In a short story, this person should turn up almost immediately; he should be integral to the story's main action; he should be an individual, not just a type. In a novel, the main character may take longer to appear: Anna Karenina doesn't show up in her own novel until chapter eighteen.
Nancy Kress
Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.
Barnett Newman
I have two older brothers. I am the baby. We're all very, very close. We're great communicators, so we get along really well.
Ed Westwick
Things are looking up, and hopefully, I will be doing good roles in both Hollywood and Bollywood.
Madhur Mittal
I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
Xun Kuang
Good argument is intended to persuade another.
Barry Eisler
I was about to give up acting when I got the call about being short-listed for 'Dangal.'
Fatima Sana Shaikh
When you're lucky enough to get paid a nice chunk of change to write a movie or a TV show, you have no right to complain, really. I guess it's more of an appeal to the powers that be that the less they interfere, the more likely, actually, they are to get something that works, I think.
Beau Willimon
I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.
Viggo Mortensen
Most people want to become movie stars and I just want to be in the business. I already was a star. If I get the part of a lifetime and it blows up, then that's wonderful. But if the acting doesn't work, fine. I'll just be a producer. And if the producing doesn't work, fine. I've got a lot of other stuff.
Carl Lewis
The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.
Damon Hill
I wanted to write for all children, even those kids who might see language as a threatening thing, even if English is their second language.
Ursula Dubosarsky
It makes me proud not just to be a Canadian writer but to be a Canadian, to live in a country where we treat our writers like movie stars.
Lynn Coady
Anyone who has to write an obituary for me one day will probably say, 'She did absolute depths of agony really well.' I'm not, however, an unhappy person.
Lesley Manville
A girl's sense of her womanly self depends only in part on how closely she has followed her mother's example in attire and actions, or how much she loves or hates or respects her. It is from both parents that a girl gains her basic identity.
Victoria Secunda
I grew up on Loretta Lynn and Dusty Springfield. I remember lying about it; it wasn't cool to listen to country when I was 12.
Jenny Lewis
I'm someone very comfortable airing out the stories of my own life. Some people call it narcissism, but for me, the intention is that it will positively affect other people.
Leandra Medine
I was learning that, even for a woman with power, the path was dotted with land mines—she's so ambitious. she's so aggressive. she's ruthless. 'Funny thing,' I used to say, 'a man has to be Joe McCarthy to be called ruthless . . . all a woman has to do is put you on hold.'
Marlo Thomas
