Denise Di Novi Quotes
The movie business can be very frustrating and very circuitous; there's no straight path. You have to have tremendous perseverance, dedication and passion. You have to want it very, very badly and you have to deal with a lot of rejection.
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I can get moody sometimes when I wake up after a nap - I'm like a four-year-old.
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Feeling has as much to say as the words do. You can have the greatest words in the world and if they're not believable, they don't strike a chord and they're not said convincingly, it's not a great song.
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I love the idea of getting up early on Sundays and walking to the market to pick up fresh fruits and vegetables. It's a good way to start my day, and it makes me feel like I've accomplished something before other people are even awake.
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The working environment in L.A. is really refreshing, really good. Because in Malaysia, it's a small country - you end up working with the same people that you like and that you know.
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In fact, many nations currently refuse to support embryonic stem cell research of any kind.
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The end of secrecy would be the end of the novel - especially the English novel. The English novel requires social secrecy, personal secrecy.
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If I present a boring personal life to my readers, it's going to be harder for them to think of my novels as thrilling.
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The only thing I regret in life is that I didn't practice basketball more.
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Islam is fixed, stable, ordered and disciplined, and so are Muslims.
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'Radioactive' is the fall out of my life's inspirations, a testament to my ability to survive it all and to tell the story.
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That was my challenge as an actress: to be a necessary part of the office without being too aggressive.
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They're called 'angels' because they're in heaven until the reviews come out.
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We are driven by providing technology to enterprise customers.
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'The Real World' is the most predictable arc ever. They get on the show, they're all excited, we're gonna be best friends, then people start drinking and get hammered, and say stupid stuff, and that's pretty much it.
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If you're gonna use simile, analogy, metaphor, be descriptive and have some flowery adjectives and a few odd nouns and some engaging bits of dialogue or sentiment, then you're sort of writing a novel, really. But rock lyrics are not really known for their sophistication.
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There might be a proper age to know how to tell a story, but there's no proper age to start telling them.
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Families always stay the same, but they always provide more stories.
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I'm thinking to myself, I just love doing the art, it takes me a morning to do.
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Georgia O'Keeffe proposed that I live with her. She was in New Mexico then, and I wanted to be in New York.
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'God's plan' is often a front for men's plans and a cover for inadequacy, ignorance, and evil.
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It's good to have a manager who shares your interests, or goals. You can presumably trust a husband. I don't know if it's the best way to work. I really shouldn't discuss this.
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2011 is one of those years that historians are likely to look back on as a 'hinge.' And the truth, at once frightening and exhilarating, is that we don't know yet which way the door will swing.
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The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.
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The movie business can be very frustrating and very circuitous; there's no straight path. You have to have tremendous perseverance, dedication and passion. You have to want it very, very badly and you have to deal with a lot of rejection.
