Jean de la Bruyere Quotes
The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished.
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I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
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When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.
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I love creating characters that people may or may have not ever seen before. But I enjoy the opportunity to try to make something new, and that's when I really come alive as an actor, so I really enjoyed working on 'Arrow.'
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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It's good to have a leader, otherwise we argue too much.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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I just have always felt that I think we know that it's an ensemble show, and it's very hard to pick a show to submit when you're nominated, because usually everyone has a very strong part in every episode.
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It's really important to find something you really enjoy - something you can focus on and be good at.
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Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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As more ad spending shifts online, the ability to have expertise and to innovate quickly will become critical.
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How do you create chemistry? If only I knew that! Some people say it's a natural thing that you have with someone, and maybe it is to do with that, but I think you can work on it.
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I love the fact that everyone's trying to be good-looking in L.A. - then I turn up and I get work.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.
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It's really hard to get a coffee with someone. I have to call my agent, my agent calls their agent, their agent calls their manager, the manager calls back, the actor sends someone to the manager... then you get, 'Yeah, yeah, I'd love to have dinner at six,' and all I wanted was coffee! It can take, like, six days to get coffee.
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I think God just died of old age. And, when I realized that he wasn't any more, it didn't shock me. It seemed natural and right!
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If you give a party, you better give it right.
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There never was a good war or a bad peace.
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I try and maintain a little bit of fitness, man.
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Take a look at the books other people have in their homes.
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When I have a writing workshop, I like to have people that are anthropologists and people who are poking around in other fields, I like to have them all in the same workshop, and not worry about genre. I like to mix it up, because the kind of comments you can get from a fiction writer about your poetry are going to be very different than what you'll get from a poet. Or the comments you'll get from a filmmaker about your performance are going to be very different. My writing workshop is about mixing it up, cross-pollinating, not only in genres but in occupations.
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Rule of thumb: Eat for what you're going to be doing, and not for what you have done. Don't take in more than you're willing to burn off.
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The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished.
