Phoebe Robinson Quotes
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Twenty years ago my parents wouldn't know who the X-Men were, and now everybody knows that stuff. It means that deconstruction of the superhero is something you can do. All those movies have led to a point where we can finally have 'Watchmen' with a Superman character who doesn't want to save the world and a Batman who has trouble in bed.
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Age for me is just a number.
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It's a vanity to think that a legitimate shamanistic experience can be purchased.
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My songs have a lot going on in them -they're packed with sounds. When I have only three or four minutes to capture something, I guess I can't stand the idea of any bar going unloved.
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We have a relationship with Syria, an old relationship. We also have good relations with the people of Syria, with all segments of the population. This is the situation as well in Iraq and other countries.
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Years ago, when I was writing westerns, other writers who were friends of mine wanted me to collaborate with them. And it just didn't work.
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I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
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When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.
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One definition of noir is where a not-so-good man or woman tries to touch something good - and fails.
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A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world.
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I think Hillary Clinton is a good and effective secretary of state.
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I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.
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He also didn't like a lock of my hair and said that he couldn't get into the moment without the hair being just right. I quietly knew that he was anxious and that the hairdo wasn't the real issue. But we all let it go and came back to the scene sometime later.
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I was taking my first uncertain steps towards writing for children when my own were young. Reading aloud to them taught me a great deal when I had a great deal to learn. It taught me elementary things about rhythm and pace, the necessary musicality of text.
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When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.
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I didn't want to be an author; I wanted to be a scientist. Not that I didn't love literature, but I couldn't distinguish it from reading, and reading was already my default activity, almost like breathing.
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China - if you think about what is the character of China, it's enormous scale. It's bigness.
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Growing up, I had a terrible pudding-bowl haircut. I used to cut it myself, and I'd sew my own clothing, too. I looked a little strange compared to the other kids. But the thing was, I felt I looked amazing, so what other people thought never bothered me.
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Washington presided at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and is often credited with its success. But he had no known part in drafting its provisions.
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Personally, I don't want to do theater that's very stylish, when it's just stories on stage that are basically the same as TV or film.
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Today a minimum wage earner has to work a day and a half just to pay for a full tank of gas. That is simply shameful.
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You always end up with too much, so it's good to be part of the conversation about not just what you can omit, but how you are going to do the grammar of the omission, how you make things continue to work when there's something missing. It's your last chance to rewrite.
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Flashback episodes are a tried-and-true sitcom device, but they always work!
