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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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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You should feel good about yourself because of your accomplishments. Not because somebody yelled at you to feel good about yourself.
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No matter what you do, no matter what your profession is, no matter how old you are, everybody deals with haters,
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No one has ever bought me underwear, and I'm a little bummed about that. Maybe it's not such a big deal any more.
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In the Bible, ordination - I don't see that in the Scripture. In the Bible, it's whether you're filled with the Holy Spirit, whether you're anointed by God, whether you're called by God, whether you're obedient to Him. I want to be those things, but I don't see any purpose for me in being ordained.
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Rocket scientists agree that we have about reached the limit of our ability to travel in space using chemical rockets. To achieve anything near the speed of light we will need a new energy source and a new propellant. Nuclear fission is not an option.
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I try to avoid large crowds.
