Jane Smiley Quotes
If there's anything Trollope novels always take seriously, it is money - how it flows from one character to another, how it is managed, who has it, who deserves it, and what it means to a character, male or female.
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My nursery school did a production of 'The Three Little Pigs.' I played the third pig. When the wolf knocked on my door, I refused to get up and answer it because, to me, he was knocking the wrong way. I just lay there, snoring away on stage, fully immersed in my character. My dad turned to my mom and said: 'Dustin Hoffman.'
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The government forces you to give your money to things you don't believe in, to have your money go to projects that might be inherently immoral.
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The American school system's a little warped, so anyone can get a degree if they have a little money.
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When I'm alone, I can sleep crossways in bed without an argument.
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At the end of the day, it's all about money.
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You can get money and make a really cheap movie. You can, from independent financers who are just giving you money to support artists. This is what was happening in the '90s, and I was very fortunate to be a part of that.
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Carefully calculate the potential size of your market to make sure you can grow. Before starting Mint, I knew that there were about 20 million people who had purchased 'Quicken' or 'Microsoft Money' over the years, and 80 million people using online banking in the U.S. alone.
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Making money is marvelous, and I love doing it, and I do it reasonably well, but it doesn't have the gripping vitality that you have when you deal with the happiness of human life and with human deprivation.
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My character in 'Batman v Superman' isn't supposed to be Japanese, but director Zack Snyder said he'd seen me in 'Wolverine' and had to get me in the film somehow. Hearing that was like music to my ears.
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I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a money-making job.
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I'd like to do something where there's a strong female character and some action. I've done a few stunts in the past.
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I enjoy a character who sticks to her guns, who's always challenging herself. That's something I can relate to.
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The air is dirty because of the electricity monopolists. They have powerful money lobbyists.
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You know, I'm from the South, and I wasn't interested in perpetuating a stereotypical southern character.
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Always try to rub up against money, for if you rub up against money long enough, some of it may rub off on you.
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I read the script for 'Guncrazy' in 1985 and loved it because it was one of the few scripts I'd come across that revolved around a strong female character.
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I just like to keep my money in the bank; I'm not a big risk-taker. I don't know anything about the stock market... I stay away from things I don't know anything about.
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I bought the rights to this book, 'The Ploughmen,' by a Montana writer named Kim Zupan, and I've written the screenplay, and I really feel pretty strong about it. It's really hauntingly beautiful. It's got some suspense and great drama, but it's a real character thing.
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For the 'Riddick' character, I try to get as ruthless as possible, and I want to be a machine.
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No author has created with less emphasis such pathetic characters as Chekhov has.
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Fashion is a dream. It's difficult, and there are many aspects of fashion that are very difficult, but if you love it like I do, because I really have a passion, now, for fashion, it's not easy, but nothing is easy in life.
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Teamwork requires some sacrifice up front; people who work as a team have to put the collective needs of the group ahead of their individual interests.
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If there's anything Trollope novels always take seriously, it is money - how it flows from one character to another, how it is managed, who has it, who deserves it, and what it means to a character, male or female.
