Jill Soloway Quotes
That was something that I learned from Alan Ball from “Six Feet Under." He didn”t really like to have too many pop culture references because they don”t really hold up after a few years.
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To me, eyewear goes way beyond being a prescription. It's like makeup. It's the most incredible accessory. The shape of a frame or the color of lenses can change your whole appearance.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.
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When I'm at home, I want to be a normal person. I don't want to hear, 'Can I have your autograph?'
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Opera singers, we're not muscle men; you have to be careful about your work.
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It takes the pressure off of your better players to know they don't always have to be on top of their game for the team to do well.
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You never know what movie I will be in next, but let's just hope it's sells (for my sake at least)!
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There are lots of things I'm acquainting myself with now to be a more well-rounded person.
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I don't like reality shows and have never watched them, but I'm addicted to 'Real Housewives' because it's authentic old-time soap opera reborn!
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In Romania, we have pledged to create a modern public service: well-educated, appropriately rewarded and above all, de-politicized.
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I've got nothing to be ashamed of.
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I have been lucky enough to travel a lot, meet great people in many lands. I have liked almost everyone I met along the way.
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If man was the relative of animals, then animals were the relatives of man, and in degrees bearers of that inwardness of which man, the most advanced of their kin, is conscious in himself.
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I always had a curiosity about Texas. I had a curiosity about small-town life, although, granted, Odessa's not a tiny town.
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It's weird to me to see how different everyone's opinion of beauty is.
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I always had acting work when I needed it. I think that is why, when I watch films or TV series in America, I find in small roles or in supporting roles really amazing faces, where I have the feeling these people have actually had a life outside of acting. I find it almost a pity that I've never done anything else.
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In my first book, Under Fire, I wrote that I revered Ronald Reagan. That was a dozen years ago. I still feel that way. I think he changed the world for the better for my children and my children's children.
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Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because we are losing our customary manners, we are probably overly conscious of them; this seems to be a condition that produces writers.
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Otherwise, to be a movie star, it's a lot of compromise and also a lot of headaches. You can't do what you want. You become a prisoner of your fame. This happened to me in France and I don't want it.
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Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.
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I think that when a film does its job, it poses questions rather than gives answers. It should act as a frustrating counselor who, at your bidding for advice, says, 'What do you think?' I think that's some of what the culture critic Greg Tate meant by art leaving a 'metaphysical stain.'
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I didn't have the easiest time growing up; it's no secret. We were just poor.
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That was something that I learned from Alan Ball from “Six Feet Under." He didn”t really like to have too many pop culture references because they don”t really hold up after a few years.
