Marti Noxon Quotes
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One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.
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Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
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In fighting, you're not going 200 mph, but there's obviously danger in the sport. If you're a fighter or a NASCAR driver, you're obviously an adrenaline junkie. Both also take a lot of skill.
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You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But if you hang in there, always following your vision, I have no doubt you will succeed.
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When team members trust each other and know that everyone is capable of admitting when they're wrong, then conflict becomes nothing more than the pursuit of truth or the best possible answer.
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I can remember the first time I ever recorded my vocals on to a beat. Cat Coore from Third World - a legendary Jamaican band - had a little demo set up at his house. I'm very good friends with his eldest son, Shiah, who plays with me now. So we were rhyming over a track by the dancehall artist Peter Metro. I've still got it somewhere.
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I began directing episodes, which was a great light every couple of months. We never short-changed our audience, but it became something that you had to work at rather than something that was a pleasure.
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I just wish that people will be kinder to me when I pass away.
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I am not so secretly a comedian. I write a lot of my own material if you've seen videos I've done. I write jokes.
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You don't train a dog in a training hall, jerking his neck or even giving him food treats. You train him using life rewards.
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Touring is what you make it. I like to organise as much as possible myself.
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I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'
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One place had a winning record that I went to, and that was Detroit. Rick Carlisle laid a foundation that gave us a chance to win a championship.
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A lot of people thought I wasn't doing anything because I was spending a lot of time socialising and going out, but I've always managed to get work actually done.
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I do watch 'Revenge,' 'American Horror Story' and 'Game of Thrones.' I am behind on all of them. But I do watch them. Those are my go-to shows.
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You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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I do want people to see me as a well-rounded actress, not just someone who plays in 'Turtle' movies.
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Posthumous reputations have little to do with real lives.
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Taking care of our planet is like taking care of our houses. Since we human beings come from Nature, there is no point in our going against nature, which is why I say the environment is not a matter of religion or ethics or morality. These are luxuries, since we can survive without them. But we will not survive if we continue to go against nature.
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Baltimore is one of the most beautiful towns, really. And trust me, I don't say that about every place. There is just something so quaint, old and beautiful about this place.
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Out there on the rocks, I feel exceedingly happy.
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I like to do designs on the side of my face, or cut out foil stickers from the crafts store and put them on my forehead.
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Violence is bound sooner or later to exhaust itself but peace cannot issue out of such exhaustion.
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The status quo is never happy when things become a meritocracy.
