Brian Greene Quotes
Writing for the stage is different from writing for a book. You want to write in a way that an actor has material to work with, writing in the first person not the third person, and pulling out the dramatic elements in a bigger way for a stage presentation.
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By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.
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I think I'm a lot like other moms out there who feel like if we don't have the pecan pie we have every year, then it just won't be Christmas.
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
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To be honest, I think, for me, the power is always with art. The art world clearly couldn't happen without art.
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.
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Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
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At a young age, I had to give up a lot of things, like being able to hang out with my friends.
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Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
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Any time Khaled comes to your video, it just steps it up that much more. He's so fun; people love him.
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You would not believe how much time people waste in a day. And how little time they put into things they genuinely love.
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I grew up in uptown Jamaica; I went to a rich school. I was raised by my mother and my stepfather; they made sure education came before anything. I had a good childhood, grew up spending time with my bigger brothers and sisters. My people are good people. I was exposed to a lot of different kinds of people and culture.
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He's really sort of the devil. He's completely emotionally detached. He has no empathy. You find that in psychopaths. It's about power with Voldemort. It's an aphrodisiac for him. Power makes him feel alive.
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Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
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The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.
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I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.
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There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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I don't believe in having safety nets - you'll end up using them!
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A novel, or indeed any work of art, is not intended to be a literal transcription from Nature. … Life is a series of false values. There it is always the little things that are greatest. Art attempts to remedy this. It may be defined as an expurgated edition of Nature.
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My phone felt like it weighed ten pounds in my hands, and I almost fell asleep, but then I realized I’d been neglecting Facebook...
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I think backstory is really important to know because I'm all about prep work. I like to do all of my work right away, as soon as I get it. I'm incapable of procrastinating on anything, so I like to do all of the work.
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I like to match what I wear to my book jacket - it's a little bit cheesy, but it's my thing.
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Writing for the stage is different from writing for a book. You want to write in a way that an actor has material to work with, writing in the first person not the third person, and pulling out the dramatic elements in a bigger way for a stage presentation.
