Jill McCorkle Quotes
Building a dollhouse is a lot like writing a novel because you are God of the Universe.
Quotes to Explore
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I love people with strong convictions, because we are living in a very PC world. You can't crack a joke without it being in the headlines.
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The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm on the creative end of things, I'm discovering that they're even more fun to write!
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I dyed my hair pink when I was fifteen.
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I still find it hard to believe that the whole era of jazz is over.
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I always like to have a buffer between me and journalism in general. Not just a reporter, but journalism.
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Frankly speaking, it's only the script that matters to me the most. If I like the script, then I just commit to myself and go ahead with it. But I also look at the commitment and confidence of the director of the film because it's him who will shape the film.
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Few things are more important to our country's future than recruiting and keeping great teachers in our schools.
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Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
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Everyone needs help when they try something new.
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But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor.
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I'm just so grateful for the 10 years that I had in Sri Lanka when it was in the middle of a war and I was getting shot at, because now and again I remember glimpses of those times, and I just go, 'Wow, I'll never, ever see that again in my life. And I'm never gonna feel that, and I'm never gonna feel for a human being like that.'
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I am anything but a misogynist - I am quite far to the other side of that.
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I've refined my mechanics, refined my pitches. I've gotten more confidence, and I've gotten more determination. I've got a better idea what I'm doing out there.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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You don't have to live in a garage to write great poetry.
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Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.
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I mean . . . who was it that said if the door is locked, find a window. If the windows locked, well . . . break it. If it won't break then find a freaking sledgehammer and make a new one.
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There should be a whole book written about that one word: country. What does that mean, country? It's such a huge umbrella. I would hope that what makes it country is that it all starts with a song. The story being told in three and a half minutes that is not being told on another station.
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Words are the only arteries of thought our poor human body possesses.
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O God-Man present in this sacrament for me - what a comfort, what a privilege to know I kneel before God! And to think that this God loves me!... Mary, my mother, help me to love him in return.
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Building a dollhouse is a lot like writing a novel because you are God of the Universe.
