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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Success does not mean happiness. Check out any celebrity magazine to look for examples to disabuse you of thinking that being beautiful, successful or rich will make you happy.
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It is inspiring to see bands still trying to do significant and new things in the realm of sound. Most people in any category are more or less filling out the forms they've been handed. But there are always exceptional gems.
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I like it when things crescendo to a huge moment like 'Hold Back the River.'
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My alignment is with what I perceive as just and fair. If it's with the Muslims, then I'm with the Muslims, if it's with the West then I'm with the West. It's about justice and fairness.
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There are people who can look out for other human beings; there are people who can speak up when something is not right and say, 'This is wrong, and something should be done.'
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I try to avoid large crowds.
