Pras Michel Quotes
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Any creative process comes with a level of self-analysis and self-criticism. There's a lot of waking up in the middle of the night going, 'Oh, I wish I had done that differently.'
Felicity Jones -
We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.
Samuel Goldwyn -
I ended up in the US for a month or so, before moving to Montreal with some Romanian friends.
Nadia Comaneci -
People are like, 'Was it hard growing up mixed?' 'Did you not fit in?' and I'm like, 'No? What? That's the dumbest question ever.'
Laura Harrier -
I was brought up in a very poor and very violent household. I spent much of my childhood being afraid.
Patrick Stewart -
For the last few years I've tried to force myself to write at least one page every day, which doesn't sound like much but it's actually pretty hard to manage. Because I'm not allowed to do a make-up day. I can't do two pages the next day. The punishment for not completing my page is that I have to eat a vegetarian meal the next day.
Dan Chaon
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Sometimes the kids come up with better endings than the real story.
Gail Carson Levine -
I think rap music is brought up, gangster rap in particular, as well as video games, every other thing they try to hang the ills of society on as a scapegoat.
Ice Cube -
I brought in a yogurt master from Turkey. I went to Greece. I was always going back and forth, from New York to Turkey and Greece. The recipe we use has been around hundreds and hundreds of years. Growing up in Turkey, not a day would go by that we wouldn't eat yogurt like this.
Hamdi Ulukaya -
Every little girl looks up to her mom so much - that's your first hero.
Halima Aden -
Acting was something that I grew up just doing. I certainly never thought about it.
Gaby Hoffmann -
I live in Ireland near the sea, only one mile from where I grew up - that's good, since I've known many of my neighbours for between 50-60 years. Gordon and I play chess every day, and we are both equally bad. We play chatty, over-talkative bad bridge with friends every week.
Maeve Binchy
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I don't care who you are or what you have gone through - everyone has something they are fighting for.
Cara Castronuova -
I grew up with three little brothers. Every Christmas, we'd have piles of toy trucks and Lincoln Logs and G.I. Joes under the tree. Those were for them. For me? My No. 1 favorite present of all time: books. Two or three tall stacks of wonderful stories that I could lose myself in for weeks.
Karen Robards -
Stand-up, by far, is my favorite.
Wanda Sykes -
I have a tough time with stand-up because I am an improviser. I can riff; I can do crowd work, so I don't prepare.
T. J. Miller -
Everything I did in high school was focused on microbiology, looking at things like algae under a microscope for hours on end. When I was 13, I saved up $100 to buy a good used microscope. I was obsessed with microorganisms.
Randy Schekman -
I'm a nature girl. I grew up in Colorado and was always outside. I still am, even when I'm in the city.
Kate Hudson
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I lived long enough to see the cure for death; to see the rise of the Bitchun Society, to learn ten languages; to compose three symphonies; to realize my boyhood dream of taking up residence in Disney World; to see the death of the workplace and of work.
Cory Doctorow -
All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
I really like the bohemian look, and I'm a great fan of mixing vintage and modern.
Kierston Wareing -
Actors worry about bad breath, weight, receding hairlines and why their leading lady looks like their daughter.
Matthew Ashford -
There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday.
John Clayton -
When we came up with titles like Ready or Not, that's how we really felt.
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