Dyan Cannon Quotes
They offered me millions and millions and millions of dollars to write books about Cary. That was between us. That was private. I'll always love him.
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You could put all of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's angry sermons on to one loop. You could put that loop up on the big screen at Radio City Music Hall and let it play there 24 hours a day, seven days a week and Barack Obama will still emerge as the next president of the United States.
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Boxing is all about how cool and controlled and clear your mind is. Violence only gets in the way of you winning a fight. It's a sport that's more about the strategy than anything. You lose or you win in your head.
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You need tremendous spirituality to stop yourself falling into the abyss.
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The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
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Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people.
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'Caught' is a novel of forgiveness, and the past and the present - who should be and who shouldn't be forgiven. None of my books are ever just about thrills, or it won't work.
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You'd better believe that Putin sees that in Syria, Obama draws a red line and ignores the red line.
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I like to write scenes in the middle of the night. We could change every word of 'Family Ties' between Monday and Friday.
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The idea that everything is purposeful really changes the way you live. To think that everything that you do has a ripple effect, that every word that you speak, every action that you make affects other people and the planet.
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Wally Amos is the classic example of a man who gets up again and again.
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Lawyers and other professionals are using Quora to build their reputation and build their bonafides.
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The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them.
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A movie like House of the Dead with around $7 million budget or Alone in the Dark with around $16 million budget are much easier to make profit than the typical $50 million major motion picture.
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I think I've become the brand ambassador of arranged marriages, especially for working Indian women.
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I write songs very quickly, so the 20 minutes of joy I get out of writing a song doesn't compare to the two months of joy I get engaging with the people who like my music.
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When a young woman tells me that she wants to become and actor, I say, 'No, be a writer. Or go to business school and learn how to run a studio.' The only real change will come from behind the scenes.
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I made a misstatement and I stand by all my misstatements.
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There came a point when if a conspiracy was that powerful and subtle it became pointless to worry about it.
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Consider and act with reference to the true ends of existence. This world is but the vestibule of an immortal life. Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.
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I need to have some depth in my characters. That's why they are all Bengalis. I can't imagine writing a book with someone called Saxena as the hero.
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The two candidates have very different visions of America. Donald Trump's is very dark: Things are not going well. There are dark days ahead unless you make a change, and he's the one to fix it.
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If you make your bed every morning you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another. . . . And, if by chance you have a miserable day, you will come home to a bed that is made - that you made - and a made bed gives you encouragement that tomorrow will be better.
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Human relationships with predators have always been thorny. Predators are the first creatures our kind purposely eradicates. Too often, people feel humans are and should be in control; we are enraged to discover this is not true. And when other creatures share our appetites and kill our livestock (often animals we were raising to kill, ourselves), we call them vandals and murderers...Predators are the most persecuted creatures on Earth.
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They offered me millions and millions and millions of dollars to write books about Cary. That was between us. That was private. I'll always love him.
