Jake Tapper Quotes
I wanted to be a cartoonist, and then I wanted to go into film - not as an actor, but as a writer-director - and then I found myself during film school at the University of Southern California listening to the Clarence Thomas hearings in class on my Walkman, and I realized L.A. was not really for me.
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We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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Sorrel adds a unique grassy sharpness to salads and dressings, but it can be hard to come by.
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I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.
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Death will never be pretty - its sights and smells too close and crude. And it will never come under our control: it gallops where we tiptoe, rips up our routines, burns our very breath with its heat and sting.
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Juilliard definitely emphasizes the theater. They don't train - at all really - for film acting. It's mostly process-oriented, pretty much for the stage.
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As a writer, as much as I try, I can't stop writing female characters. They have so much more to offer; they have to wear so many different hats. There's so much wonderful gray matter in a female's life that it just makes for a stronger character.
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I was good at math and science, and I got lots of degrees in lots of things, but in a parallel universe, I probably became a chef.
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Most artists I run into aren't that thrilled with what they do anyway. They are glad to have different versions out there to see which one the audience likes the best.
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Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy.
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There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after a few shows I get sick of hearing myself say them so I drop them.
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Life is not easy in politics.
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'Frida' was a joy; this was delicious, I couldn't wait every day to get to the set, although I was exhausted, and have my leg get cut off or lose the baby or be in her shoes and get to play my hero and be able to go places emotionally. You know, we live for parts like this. This is a dream for an actor.
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They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.
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I think there are more female characters in videogames now but I also think that's because videogames in general are more diverse now.
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When an actress is younger, she likes to lower her age, but when she is older, she likes to add to her years.
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When you're on top, you're on top.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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They that trust in the Lord shall never be confounded!
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France and Italy have not yet signed this treaty or agreed to naval limitation as between those nations, but I have confidence that in time they will do so.
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It is important to have questionable friends you can trust unconditionally.
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I wanted to be a cartoonist, and then I wanted to go into film - not as an actor, but as a writer-director - and then I found myself during film school at the University of Southern California listening to the Clarence Thomas hearings in class on my Walkman, and I realized L.A. was not really for me.
