Dawn Steel Quotes
I have to tell you, I'm a great teacher. Ask anybody who worked for me, except some secretaries who weren't very good.
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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
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I did almost two years on 'One Life to Live,' so I was thinking, 'Oh yeah, I'm an actor now.'
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Cinema affects everything, from the way I get dressed to how I build my stages.
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In China, we don't know about the swimming pool game, but we know about Marco Polo.
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I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little dangerous.
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A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.
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There's a good deal in common between the mind's eye and the TV screen, and though the TV set has all too often been the boobtube, it could be, it can be, the box of dreams.
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I did a lot of stunts, so the harness work isn't foreign to me either.
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Improv as an actor makes you present in the moment. You listen, you're attentive. You're not acting so much as reacting, which is what you're doing in life all the time.
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Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
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When I wake up in a bad mood, I try not to stay in one. Learn to make the best of what you have.
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In 1960, John F. Kennedy rode a superior televised debate performance to victory over Richard Nixon.
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The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior.
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Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for.
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I like making sci-fi movies because I like watching sci-fi movies. I like watching horror. I like being in a horror movie. I'm a fan. My perspective's a little different just because I get to participate as well as spectate.
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When we were doing a scene, lots of times we would collapse giggling, because it seemed so silly because it felt like we were doing a home movie at times.
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You'll see the most perfect person, and you are like, 'God, she's, like, perfect.' And then she'll tell you everything that's not perfect. Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.
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Our policy is not to discourage the private sector, but to see that Air India plays the role of flagship in the industry. In the transport sector, Air India is the 'fate of India' and all efforts will be made to restore its past glory.
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If I don't like someone and I start reading their stuff, it seems like my brain will just automatically start criticizing everything that's there. It's really hard to read a book without having all this outside information telling you what to think about it.
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Comic-Con is so legendary, so a great thrill to be invited along.
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I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.
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Not always trainers, but if I don't have to, I don't wear high heels. It's really just if something looks good on me, I'm going to buy it. It can be Zara or Chanel... I'm going to buy it.
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I have to tell you, I'm a great teacher. Ask anybody who worked for me, except some secretaries who weren't very good.
