Jacqueline Novogratz Quotes
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The marketability, the success of a book, ultimately rests with whether or not people will find the concept/characters/title/cover appealing.
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I write 'Broad City,' so I connect it to me.
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I wanted to become a college coach. I got game films of all the good college coaches - Pete Newell at California, Eddie Donovan with St. Bonaventure, Ken Loeffler at LaSalle.
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I'm a decent tennis player. Good backhand.
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Again, in Wag the Dog, war has to be declared by an act of congress. But if you go to war, you don't have to declare war. You're just at war and we did that, which is not legal.
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'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
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Discipline and united action are the real source of strength for the nation.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid of what isn't.
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I do big films just to experience personal satisfaction.
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Open-minded tech tinkerers may still prefer traditional PCs for work because they allow much more customization than, say, an iPad.
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I try to work out with my personal trainer for an hour, four times a week - we mainly concentrate on weights and running. If I'm on the road I sometimes do DVD work-outs in my hotel room - P90X and Insanity are a couple of my favourites.
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I have a pickup truck. And I prefer to be with dogs or on my sailboat than in a car - actually, more than any other place on Earth.
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There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.
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My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.
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When I was immobilized by fear, I might have a panic attack. I've had a couple of panic attacks in my life.
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It's a writer's or director's role to be cerebral, whereas for an actor it should be a visceral, gut thing. When the action starts, it's best to turn the brain off and let it become an instinctual thing.
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I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.
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For poets today or in any age, the choice is not between freedom on the one hand and abstruse French forms on the other. The choice is between the nullity and vanity of our first efforts, and the developing of a sense of idiom, form, structure, metre, rhythm, line - all the fundamental characteristics of this verbal art.
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At first she dreamed of sheep, of going to school, of cats drinking milk. Little by little she dreamed of blue sheep, of going to school in the middle of the woods, of cats drinking milk from golden saucers. And her dreams became increasingly dense and acquired colours that were difficult to dilute into words.
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Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.
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Our objective is always to win. Every day, every game, and every competition.
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In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.
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Freedom is what beauty feels like when it can most express itself.
