A. Bartlett Giamatti Quotes
Teaching is an instinctual art, mindful of potential, craving of realizations, a pausing, seamless process.
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Never speak to an invalid from behind, nor from the door, nor from any distance from him, nor when he is doing anything. The official politeness of servants in these things is so grateful to invalids, that many prefer, without knowing why, having none but servants about them.
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You don't go out and change your gender for a television show, O.K.? It ain't happening. I don't care who you are.
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I know I should be Wonder Woman. They need an international actress - a fresh face. They need a woman who's tall, athletic and dark-haired - and an actress who can play the part. That's me. So, I'm coming to L.A. to work hard and meet the industry. And if 'Wonder Woman' comes together, I want it.
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Human attention is limited, and a massive number of newly browsable books from the long tail necessarily compete with the biggest best-sellers, just as cable siphons audience from the major networks, and just as the Web pulls viewers from TV.
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I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.
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As a queen, I speak about unity and respect. I think that is the most important thing.
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Engagement means that in the future there will be a lot more ways for our audience to interact with Univision content.
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I've had situations where producers would be like, 'Could you meet me? Take the train; don't tell your parents.'
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Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.
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When the 'Seinfeld' show said it was going to be a show about nothing, everybody said it couldn't - wouldn't work. It did. 'Thor' is about something, about that character finding his destiny, but it's not doing what was expected... and yet it's doing very well.
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I love Johnny Cash, and I respect Johnny Cash. He's the biggest. He's like an Elvis in this business, but no, he's never been the rebel.
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The most common criticism I've seen is that I write 'popcorn fantasy:' lightweight action-adventure. Some people call it that as they explain why they love it for exactly that reason. I'm cool with that, either way. I just nod and let it go.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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You can be very famous without being a great actress, and that's not good for me.
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I have stepped outside my comfort zone enough to know that, yes, the world does fall apart, but not in the way that you fear.
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No humorist is under any obligation to provide answers and probably if you were to delve into the literary history of humour it's probably all about not providing answers because the humorist essentially says: this is the way things are.
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Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.
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Two of my favorite things are my steering wheel and my Remington rifle.
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What I love best in life is new starts.
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A lot of my work is about what's abstract and what's pictorial. Is it bubblegum, or is it an abstract painting using bubblegum? The energy comes from walking that line and watching things dip this way and that.
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The evaluative habits developed in sibling interactions undoubtedly affect the salience and choice of comparative referents in self-ability evaluations in later life.
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I've often been accused of spending more time and energy criticizing my fellow Democrats than criticizing Republicans.
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The process of change is made up of subtraction and addition. Taking something off and then puttin something on.
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Teaching is an instinctual art, mindful of potential, craving of realizations, a pausing, seamless process.
