Maurice Maeterlinck Quotes
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I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously; perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. I'm not really fit for anything else, or to have a real job. That fear drives me. The pressure has always been self inflicted.
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Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
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Anna Wintour has guided me.
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This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
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On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
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'Curvy' is just a polite way of saying 'fat.'
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I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.
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To become the best comedian, I must be well-rounded.
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The concept of emergent gameplay is really exciting. That's when players are really crafting their own experience. So if you're clever and creative, you can do things that even developers of the game didn't know were possible.
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In my district, California 14, we have about 4,000 families who are on food stamps, but some of my colleagues have thousands and thousands more. Yet, they somehow feel like crusaders, like heroes, when they vote to cut food stamps.
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Cerrone is a great opponent. The guy won eight fights straight.
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I have been dealing with claims that I cheated and had an unfair advantage in winning my seven Tours since 1999.
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Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice.
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The trouble with glossy magazines is that they tend to be stuffed with articles about handbag designers - the sort of women who, with their perfectly styled lives, immaculate houses, and adoring partners, make you want to become a hermit.
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I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady.
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The worst mistake a woman can make is to emulate a man.
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I've paid my dues in the classical trenches.
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Good actresses can often accomplish miracles, and it is possible to be someone you've never been or will be. But in a sitcom, there's no time.
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It always seems impossible until it's done.
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I talk to a lot of librarians, and there's always a steady drumbeat of how libraries are places of community. But a lot of them have also recently - and just in the nick of time - refurbished, because during this economic downturn, people have a tendency to borrow instead of buy.
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No one really cares about you but you. They say they do, but everyone in Hollywood is a heat-seeking missile, and it's easy to go after the cute girl or guy that's new to town.
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How strangely do we diminish a thing as soon as we try to express it in words.
