Pierre Corneille Quotes
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Seeing people who are actually reading your book and listening to the wide variety of reactions they have to it, is really special.
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The point is to change one's life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now.
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As a woman, I've learned that having a uniform of your staples or setting your look and saying what distinguishes you - like red lips or hair or whatever - leaves so much time for the rest of the day.
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It has an air about it of having strolled in from the street with a few tricks up its sleeve, and if everybody would relax, please, it would do its best to pass the time whimsically.
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I just work out hard enough that, if I'm craving something, I eat it and know I'm going to burn it off the next day with extra intensity.
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Dancing was one of the hobbies my brother and I had when we were kids, and dance ended up being the one that stuck. I dropped everything else until that was what was left in the end.
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I struggled for many, many years following 'Music and Lyrics' - I mean really struggled.
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Directors, producers can make you look good or make you look bad.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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People's lives change dramatically over such a long time period, and I think that if you're still vital, and you're still interested in writing and things like that, of course your music evolves and reflects where you are in your life.
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When a song wants to be written, it will be written.
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It's a really natural thing: The people closest in your life are the people you want the first opinions from. At the end of the day, if you're not trying to impress those people first, then I think there's something wrong there.
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People appreciate when you make an effort to speak their language.
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People start to act very unusually when they find out that they're dying, that they don't have that many years left.
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The actors I respect are the real character actors, who are the real chameleon actors that completely change from role to role. I love Peter Sellers, Alec Guinness and Gary Oldman. They tend to be British, I guess. People who really disappear and transform, I really like that.
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I did a lot of student acting when I was young.
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My number one style requirement is to have fun getting dressed. Nothing is too old, expensive, cheap, cute or ugly for me.
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You can't jump from little things to big things. It just takes time and patience.
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To be allowed for the first time in your later career to play leading parts in extremely popular movies is not a situation to worry about.
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The writing process isn't something I'm in love with. I'm an illustrator who writes.
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I would be happy to be labeled as a writer of offbeat stories. I don't know how to do anything else.
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A gentleman wishes to be slow to speak and quick to act.
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Et le combat cessa faute de combattants.
