Dana Delany Quotes
If you put Willem Dafoe, Liam Neeson and James Woods in a room together, there wouldn't be room for anyone else.
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You've got to be taught to hate and fear.
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Together with international unity and resolve we can meet the challenge of this global scourge and work to bring about an international law of zero tolerance for terrorism.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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What I'm trying to do is to write a story. If you take something from it, that's wonderful; if you don't, that's wonderful as well.
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Whatever your image is, it's probably not you, but it affords you the freedom to live up to it.
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You don't despair about something like the Middle East, you just do the best you can.
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You either get better, or you don't progress.
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The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.
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There's a reason you can still read Thucydides, and it still makes sense to you thousands of years later.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it's time to exit.
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How well you eat and rest helps you analyse your energy reserves.
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How you leave the reader is so important - not the climax; I call it the 'exit feeling'.
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If you feel like snacking, stock up on almonds, walnuts and cranberries.
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In sport, if you want to be the best you have to compete against the best - I would much rather have come tenth and be judged against everyone than come first and be judged against just a few.
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Every time you make a guess of what a judge is going to do... you're wrong, so I try to stay away from that.
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Hamish and I rarely go to launches or parties any more but prefer to spend our time hanging out together.
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Any trend that is developed too fast and is disposed right away is not going to have a lasting impression on the culture, you know?
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My biggest bits of advice are, write as much as you can, finish what you start, get a thick skin, don't take crap from anyone, but also live your life and have fun. The stereotype of a writer holed up alone all day is really unhelpful. You can't write real people and real emotion if you don't let yourself experience them.
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You gotta 'be' country music - you can't just sing it.
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I think the reason teenage fiction is so popular with adults is that adults hunger for narrative just as badly as teenagers do.
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I'm not one to experiment with lip colors. I tend to go for either red or a soft pink.
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I'm not comfortable with just entertaining. Although I like entertaining, I also like bringing forward the truth of our times as minstrels used to in the old days.
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If you put Willem Dafoe, Liam Neeson and James Woods in a room together, there wouldn't be room for anyone else.
