Jeanine Basinger Quotes
In Beautiful, Mr. Shearer writes with humor and has fun with some of the glorious nonsense of Lamarr's movies.
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Foreign policy should not be justified through making oneself feel good, but through results that have tangible consequences.
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Here's the deal with Matty Morrison: He is the most unassuming, nicest, most humble guy, who also happens to be extremely talented.
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I believe in the institution of marriage and it's like a tag to cement the relationship for your friends, family and public.
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The way children are taught football doesn't encourage skill; the focus is on other areas.
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It's very interesting, the dynamics of popularity. When you do something all the time, you don't worry about whether it's trendy or not.
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My writing is a very authentic journey of discovery. I'm going out there to learn who I am. My readers, consequently, take the same journey as my protagonist.
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What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it.
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'RoboCop,' when that came out, was like the best comic book movie ever, and it's not based on a comic book.
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Raw fish suppers admittedly require a little planning, not least in the acquisition of the main ingredient.
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I really connect to strong feminist writers that make their ideas accessible for the rest of the world.
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It was hard for me to hear anyone saying they didn't like 'Billy Madison.'
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I did swimming, gymnastics, dance, and the acting was just a small part. I didn't have pushy parents; it wasn't forced upon me. They just said, 'See if you like it. If you do, great; if you don't, don't worry about it.' I was really fortunate to have that guidance and supportive parents.
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'Life as a Dog' is when I really started to feel comfortable, like I had the due north on my compass.
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It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama with comedy. Which is what life is.
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Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
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True Yankees fans know an up-and-coming player when they see one.
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To me, 'The End of the Jews' - both the title and the novel itself - is about the end of pat, uncritical ways of understanding oneself in the world.
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Music is extremely intuitive, which acting too in a different way.
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I don't like movies about serial killers, necessarily; it's too real and unpleasant for me.
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I learn the lines that JK Rowling or whoever writes them, and say them.
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Cast changes are a hard thing. For two years, we had this little family. We weren't together when these changes were decided upon. It all happened during our hiatus.
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Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact reality of the 20th century.
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In Beautiful, Mr. Shearer writes with humor and has fun with some of the glorious nonsense of Lamarr's movies.
