Dawn Olivieri Quotes
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I've been a novelist since 1995 and have had novels in and out of option, and watching that process just made me realize that I have to live by what I teach my students, because I teach screenwriting at Spellman.
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I do movies that I would like to go and see. I think that's a good barometer of how I choose films. I like going to these movies. Our job is to make sure the audience gets their $16 worth. That's my job.
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Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.
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I see a curator as a catalyst, generator and motivator - a sparring partner, accompanying the artist while they build a show, and a bridge builder, creating a bridge to the public.
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I will keep painting until I die.
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We must never relent in our efforts to resolve conflicts through diplomacy and through all of the instruments bestowed by the Charter of the United Nations.
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Caring about policy is important - people in washington forget.
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A book is a gift you can open again and again.
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Art never harms itself by keeping aloof from the social problems of the day: rather, by so doing, it more completely realises for us that which we desire.
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Government can wreck a business by confiscating its money by taxation.
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I think I realized early on that my family wasn't like other families.
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Empirical interest will be in the facts so far as they are relevant to the solution of these problems.
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Taken as a whole, consumer technologies have made startling advances, but they still are not as easy to use as they should be.
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This would not be a problem if I were driving a snowplow.
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I don't plan a career. That doesn't work for me. I just have to go with my gut.
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It's essential to have sacred time for writing. All successful authors have some daily commitment to keep on-track and moving forward.
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I'm still very much a believer in the spontaneity of certain kinds of writing. But then you have to eventually, when you're writing a long play, make adjustments along the way - all kinds of adjustments.
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My sensibility steers me toward writers who are out on their own.
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The more I got into playing guitar, the more I enjoyed music, and the broader my listening became. The instrument itself became important to me, and I started messing around with classical guitar and took classical lessons.
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Whatever causes night in our souls may leave stars. Cimourdain was full of virtues and truth, but they shine out of a dark background.
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Beyond the hype, style, and speculation, the truth is that the iPad is really just another tablet device. A really big PDA, where a touchscreen does what a laptop's keyboard used to do.
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It seems almost impossible to me that the whole world doesn't know CPR.
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Most of my films have a lot of character development and exploration, whereas in most horror movies the characters are just cardboard.
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I try to avoid large crowds.
