Jean M. Auel Quotes
I could write historical fiction, or science fiction, or a mystery but since I find it fascinating to research the clues of some little know period and develop a story based on that, I will probably continue to do it.
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If I was to do anything besides acting, I would be a fireman or a beat cop. I'd do a regular job.
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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
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I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.
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The older you get, the more comfortable you become with yourself, and you accept what you have physically.
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I'm a warrior for the middle class.
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Of course I'm naughty. I've always had to compete for attention, you see.
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I just come from a school where you have to win something to be accepted.
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My quality of life here in Quebec City is extraordinary.
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I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
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I remember in high school trying to get home from water-polo practice in time so I could see Happy Days on television when it first came on, because I was so blown away by it. It was just such a cool thing.
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When I was 14 years old, I was talking about much more mature things because of the writers that I had at the time. My first album was tied into what the culture was at that moment, which was Jodeci, Al B. Sure, Puff, The Hitmen. I reaped the benefits of being part of Bad Boy's movement. That was my introduction.
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'Bramhotsavam' is a celebration of families, life and togetherness. It's a film I hold close to my heart.
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I don't think there's a defined contemporary American musical, do you?
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When I work on a movie, I never aim for records, collections or the number one position. I always concentrate on my work and look for ways to improve my acting abilities. I also advise my co-stars not to concentrate on these pretty issues and just focus on acting.
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I just want to keep acting and better my craft and see how far it goes.
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I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable.
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Psychoanalysts have been occupied for a long time with the difficult question of what the psychological conditions are which determine the form of the neurotic disease to which the individual will succumb. It is as though he had a choice between different illnesses and led by unknown impulses selected one or other of them.
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You always kind of feel like you're rolling the dice as an actor.
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When I am talking to someone, I can constantly see whether I am failing or succeeding. I am regulating what I am saying in terms of how I think I'm doing. I'm always searching for the truth of a subject or person, and I look at every meeting as a grand experiment.
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You shouldn't take a customer who's buying an album, who's happy buying an album, and try to tell them that what they're doing is wrong.
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I think an important lesson from the game is that once you have made a move, you cannot take it back. You really have to measure your decisions. You think a lot. You evaluate your choices very carefully. There's never any guarantee about what's going to follow once you have made a decision.
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When the world frowns, we can face it; but let it smile, and we are undone.
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I could write historical fiction, or science fiction, or a mystery but since I find it fascinating to research the clues of some little know period and develop a story based on that, I will probably continue to do it.
