Dinah Manoff Quotes
I'd grown up in a production company, but discovering the importance of the work, I realized I had something to bring here.
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Reading allows me to recharge my batteries.
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I'm a mother of three. I don't really have the time to put very elaborate outfits together, so I keep it casual but dress it up with shoes, a bag, and jewellery.
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I don't keep people around me that aren't family. You don't get to stay. Unless you're eating at the table with us, you're not part. We eat together, we cry together, we live together, we die together. Everything that we do is for each other, and we care for another.
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I wrote for nearly six hours. When I stopped, the dark mood, as if by magic, had folded its cloak and gone away.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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You want your coach's blessing.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
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My defensiveness in life really helps me as a driver.
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I don't want to make games for 12-year-olds. I have no interest in that. I haven't been 12 in a long time.
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The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose.
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Sometimes I'm more stubborn than I am smart.
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Living with AIDS is like always having the sword of Damocles over your head. The disease is scarier than death itself. The disease is so messy, so devastating, so pervasive. It robs you of everything you hold dear.
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I use iTunes for downloading music, but I always decline when prompted to update this or that new version.
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As long as I love Beauty I am young.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.
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Because the GIs were sent massively to South Vietnam, maybe it's a good idea to have a broadcast for them.
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Give me liberty or a bran muffin!
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The competitor in me wants to play, but it's not my job to make that decision. That's what the coaches are paid for.
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I grew up in a cloistered, conservative culture that adhered to strict gender roles. So it's easy to understand why the 'girl dressed as a boy' trope resonated so much. In a world that didn't want to give people like me adventures or significance, books with cross-dressing girls were treasures.
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I grew up a happy kid in Toronto. I've never suffered. I've never even had a real job! But I understand sadness and striving, and those two things tie into all the roles that I've played.
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I think you need to have a strong vision of your own.
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I'd grown up in a production company, but discovering the importance of the work, I realized I had something to bring here.
