Joan Didion Quotes
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Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
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You can ask me anything you like about my work, but I'll never talk about myself.
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I'm a serial dater. When I see someone I like, we go on multiple dates.
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For me, art is always a kind of theater. When I started the spot paintings, I made them as an endless series. But I was never serious about it being an endless series. It was just an implied endless series. The theater means you just have to make it look good for that moment in the spotlight.
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We're never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
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Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.
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You know, it's always good to have seen a track before, just to kind of know where the little bumps are here and there, and just the general feel for the size.
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I went to Howard University and majored in Film Production and minored in Acting. I turned down an opportunity to go pro in Track & Field to do this - I took a chance with this.
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To expect for me to be one-way every time you see me is to expect me to be a one-dimensional man, which I've never been. I've always applauded my efforts to be diverse and multi-faceted.
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I think the world is ready for some rock 'n' roll. Some real time guys that play their own instruments, write their own songs, and sing the music and have a good time doing it.
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I started out as a Democrat.
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When people say 'Charlie Chaplin' I still think now of the guy in the moustache and bowler hat and funny walk - I don't think of an old man who was my grandfather.
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Then, when I'm in these relationships with people who are also creative, or creative in their own way, what happens is the attraction is initially there and it's all unicorns and rainbows. And then they hate me.
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Miracles come in moments. Be ready and willing.
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We actors always say how difficult and physically demanding a role was. But give me a break, it's only a movie.
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Give me a man who says this one thing I do, and not those fifty things I dabble in.
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A steamer is like an inhaler, so you can inhale this oil or frankincense or eucalyptus. Before I go onstage, I spend half an hour taking in that steam, and it saves my life!
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If you drop a line in the theatre, you can usually find a way round it. But you can't do that as easily on television - you're in the hands of too many people.
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If a script comes together, and you end up liking the people who are part of it, that's when you can make magic happen. It's a huge combination of trying to find something you think you can deliver on and a director you think you can collaborate with to make a good picture.
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I quit work two weeks later-having sold another eighty of my hours-and knew I could never again work a regular job.
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What I've learned is that the most troublesome people don't tell you 100% of the story, and keep some facts to themselves. They just don't give you the full picture, and that's very worrisome to me.
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Were I so tall as to reach the pole or grasp the ocean at a span, I must be measured by my soul. The mind is the standard of the man.
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I could talk more directly in a nonfiction voice than I could in fiction.
