James A. Michener Quotes
I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.
James A. Michener
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In general, I find that for videos the acting is more realistic.
Tara Strong
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When I was, like, 16, I went in to the head of Disney, and I hadn't taken acting class really at all, and I didn't know what I was doing, and it was really embarrassing. Of course, you think Disney wants over-the-top and funny, and I was just trying to be over-the-top and funny, and it just wasn't working, and that was the worst.
Taylour Paige
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I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.
Barbara Kruger
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Being evil is easy.
J. K. Simmons
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I think I'm a bit odd.
Tamsin Greig
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Sometimes I don't understand why I'm sitting here.
Karrie Webb
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I just thought any workout that is effective and I can do while laying down I'm signing up for.
Daisy Fuentes
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Avoid war, because that always pushes human beings backward.
Hans Rosling
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
Harold MacMillan
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When you're a teenage girl, a lot of being pretty has to do with your hair.
Halsey
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I really like Los Angeles - I had a good life out there. But the reason I choose to live in New York is because when I'm between engagements, as they say, something creative always comes up for me, like 'Julian Po,' or helping teach at NYU, or helping stage a show at Juilliard.
Malcolm Gets
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The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If you ask me what is civilisation, it's little more than an act of faith.
Mary Beard
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George W. Bush, though a president's son, is cast as Reagan's heir even more than his father's.
Nancy Gibbs
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Comedy is far more difficult, as it involves improvisation and impromptu acting, and as an actor, that came as a welcome break for me.
Divyanka Tripathi
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My agent called me up and said, 'There is a tremendous female lead in the new 'Star Wars' film, and I think you're really going to like it.' The opportunity to play someone determined, who's trying to find her skills as a leader; to be in a fantasy movie; to be able to do a leading female role in a film of that scale - that's very, very rare.
Felicity Jones
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It was football I enjoyed most. When I moved to L.A. to become a stand-up comedian, I thought it might be a good comedy hook to also be the punter for USFL club The L.A. Express, so I started practicing for the tryouts. Luckily, my stand-up took off, and I didn't need to do it.
Kevin Nealon
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I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.
James A. Michener
