Djuna Barnes Quotes
After all, it is not where one washes one's neck that counts but where one moistens one's throat.
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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
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The best advice that was given to me was that I had to be 10 times smarter, braver and more polite to be equal. So I did.
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I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf.
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Dramatically it's always more interesting to conceal rather than reveal things.
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I don't believe any color in particular can bring good luck. I think it's just a coincidence that I was introduced in white costumes. That said, the color is very soothing. So, my house is all white.
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If you know you are giving your best effort, you'll never have any reason for regrets.
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We adore chaos because we love to produce order.
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I like to think of myself as classy.
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My dresses are designed to win, so going through it, I think about, what do I want to represent? So, definitely, Vera Wang has been an inspiration for me.
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I think I just have to control what I can control. I can control myself. I can't control anything else but what I do. I definitely know I can do a better job at that.
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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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If parents could just get their children moving around in the most simple and fun ways - jumping in leaves, dancing to pop music, throwing socks in a laundry basket - they could be sowing the seeds of great habits that could last a lifetime. It is all about turning it into a game.
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I love mixing with comedians when I'm working with them, but when I'm not I don't feel the need to hang around with them.
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To make an album like 'Love Letter,' everything's got to be about love. Everything has to have a great feeling when you listen to it.
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Zionism is a revolutionary process. And in a revolution, you must be ready not to think too much about sentiments or human weaknesses.
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All I can say is that I've always felt like a very old soul. When I was 3, I felt 60.
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What happens in the music business is that if you step out of your little spot to do something else, the sand falls right into where you stood and you're gone, you're history.
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I can memorise lines quickly. Knowing Telugu now has helped improve my performance.
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[...] everything has a narrative, really, and if you can’t understand a story and relate to it, figure out how you fit inside it, you’re not really alive at all.
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I want to remind people that we create films for the MMFF as gifts to them, not to see whose entry is better or which film earned more at the tills.
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Would you not like to try all sorts of lives - one is so very small - but that is the satisfaction of writing - one can impersonate so many people.
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Entertainment history is now the main source of supposedly historical knowledge for more and more people, but 'histo-tainment' is superficial and lacks all context.
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The group consisting of mother, father and child is the main educational agency of mankind.
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After all, it is not where one washes one's neck that counts but where one moistens one's throat.
