Bruce Feiler Quotes
The bottom line: If you want a happier family, bring those skeletons out of the closet.
Quotes to Explore
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I'd like to scale back the television. I'm constantly told that I'm over-exposed, and I don't want to end up like Carol Vorderman.
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For me, the greatest good fortune I have being raised by actors is I came in knowing that a career is the ebb and flow.
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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For me, cerebral palsy wasn't the biggest deal, because I always had it. You know, you always work with what you got.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not.
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I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
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My touchstone for every question is the Constitution.
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I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.
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Six years, I didn't act. Then I wrote myself a role - I won prizes all over the world.
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All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure. If you do it wrong, it won't.
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If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.
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The more women serve in executive office, the more confidence they gain in themselves and that voters gain in them.
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I love the Bronte sisters, but I feel a closer kinship to the Ephron sisters, Nora and Delia, if only because their work makes me laugh more than the Brontes. I also love the Mitford sisters with their secret language and their endless letters back and forth.
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My motto is that the audience should notice the actors, not the clothes.
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You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
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I like to do Pilates.
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What it means is that some of Charles' press secretaries have been better than others as some of the Queen's press secretaries have been better than others.
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I was never very good at being an unemployed actor. I always thought that I should have been doing something pro-active. I was never good at doing juvenile leads. I suppose it's because I have this big sarcastic head on me.
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For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in.
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My family is weird in a very good way because I was always exposed to the arts.
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In terms of the Japanese royal family, they were considered the direct descendants of a god. They are regarded as all-powerful and possessors of unimaginable wealth, and yet they are, more often than not, literally prisoners of tradition.
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The bottom line: If you want a happier family, bring those skeletons out of the closet.
