Penelope Mitchell Quotes
Melbourne, where I grew up, is one of the street art capitals of the world. Something about discovering freshly painted walls always fills me with optimism; it's autonomous and democratic, and reminds me that maybe people are paying attention after all.
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At first blush, it seems odd that loser lit books are rejected initially, then go on to be fiercely loved by legions of readers. This apparent contradiction might be due to the fact that if they didn't screw up their lives, most losers would be the kind of power-elite, Type A go-getters whom readers love to hate.
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While you are improvising, you need to be prepared, and I like to have a sense of who the character is, what she likes to read, where she grew up, where we went to school, and what she has for breakfast, so that when I go to set, I'm free to explore.
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People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.
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You've got the Trump water and Trump Steaks and Trump's very so-called dodgy university. And so many of the towers, the Trump towers around the world, the Trump resorts around the world, those are not owned by the Trump Organization.
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Growing up, Tina Turner was definitely one of my influences, and, um, I take things from different artists, and I put them in my music, and I put them in my persona and my - they help me form into the artist that I am, so - for people to actually hear that come through the music is exciting.
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I just love, love going around and traveling and bringing the music to people. They just make you feel so happy that you came.
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Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
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Society doesn't like to deal with death, but it is a natural part of living.
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I told as much of my life as I could to encourage people: to encourage others to get to where they should be, where they want to be.
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Once you wake up and smell the coffee, it's hard to go back to sleep.
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Marketing is more important than it has ever been. But I'm trying to tear the layers back and make it not so contrived. I think people just want entertainment.
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I understand entertaining. You want people to walk out saying, 'I spent a night with interesting people.'
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When we went up against teams that were better, I just hoped that we could steal the victories.
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I come from a culture where you don't divide it up to what you can do on TV and what you can do on film.
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The same way that some people can play the piano, I can do plots! They just come!
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What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers?
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Eating disorders are usually nothing to do with food. Parents need to be with their child to see them through it. All the therapists in the world can't help if the parents aren't present, loving, and proactive.
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I would say both Western psychology and Eastern paths would recognize that we get caught up in feeling like a separate self and an unworthy self.
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Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become.
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I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.
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I really feel very strongly that the person who runs for office is the courageous one, and the one who everybody has to know.
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It was announced as a French victory by the French Minister of War. I did not see any sign of victory but only the retreat of the French forces engaged in the battle.
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Melbourne, where I grew up, is one of the street art capitals of the world. Something about discovering freshly painted walls always fills me with optimism; it's autonomous and democratic, and reminds me that maybe people are paying attention after all.
