Publilius Syrus Quotes
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'Skins' is about a group of teenagers in Bristol, and it's all about what they get up to and all the different things they do. I think it's a good show because it's come from a very real place, and there's a lot of young people involved in the writing.
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
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I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly good time at them.
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I always suggest that when you're going through cancer to find something in your day that makes you feel centered and that makes you feel good.
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There's nothing like a music festival. People are ready to have a good time. I don't think anyone comes to a festival going, 'I'm gonna be a complete bummer today.'
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When I'm singing, it's a mixture of my innocence in the projects, my mom and dad. It's all the good and the bad, the laughs and the frowns that I went through and seen other people go through. Then you be trying to write it. Whatever's coming out, you try and make it all cool.
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Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.
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We try to keep a good line of communication open with our children. It's not always about trying to just teach them every moment, but it's about listening to them and trying to understand them and gain that sense of communication so when they need to talk to someone, they know that we're there.
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You don't have to be scared of me, because I am loyal. Why are people so scared of creative ideas and so scared of truth? All I want to do is do good.
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Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts your performance.
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Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.
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Many critics, when trying to praise a short-story collection, will say that it has the heft and scope of a good novel. But for me, one of the highest compliments you can pay a novel is to say that it has the rich texture and eloquent detail of a good story collection.
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The reduction in compassion that happens when we're all behind computer screens is not good for the world.
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Sometimes videos make a bad song very tight.
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I never have written a movie, but there are some bad movies out there. I can make one. I definitely want to get into that because that's how you, at my level, would get a lead in a movie - by writing a low budget thing for myself. So I gotta get to it.
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For me, if the words are good on the page, the rest of it comes from spending some time with the script, and not like you're learning lines but absorbing what the script has to offer.
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If it were not for the bad things that've happened to me, I wouldn't be the person I am today.
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Stopping bad things is a significant public service.
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All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.
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You'd have a good voice, if it ever came out of your throat.
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I still think we have a good chance, ... I still feel that we're the odds-on favorite to be the team of destiny.
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Our people, though capable of strong and durable feeling, were not demonstrative in their affection at any time, least of all in the presence of guests or strangers.
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Failure isn't failure unless you just stop with that.
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He who spares the bad injures the good.
