Joan Didion Quotes
Of course, you always think about how it will be read. I always aim for a reading in one sitting.
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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Our goal is not simply to reconstruct the Japan that existed before March 11, 2011, but to build a new Japan. We are determined to overcome this historic challenge.
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In many of my plays, there was a kind of autobiographical character in the form of a son or young man.
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I started wearing all black around the time I got into Nirvana. I first heard 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' when I was about 12, and I remember jumping on my bed, so excited about it.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.
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There's a fast-track if you can do the networking. For some personalities it works, but for mine it doesn't.
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I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.
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I understand that the tendency of foreign countries in recent years has been to establish particularly close relations with one or two others among all the countries which have general relations. In time of peace, they make secret treaties in advance, and in wartime, they aid one another with military provisions and armaments.
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I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.
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Sometimes I'm more stubborn than I am smart.
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When I chose Mississippi State, of course I dreamed about being a big-time college football player. But I'm so grateful that actually became a reality - and it became a reality in a small town.
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The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.
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We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!
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There is a saying in Baltimore that crabs may be prepared in fifty ways and that all of them are good.
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Anyone can wear my dresses. They will look good on any figure, no matter what shape you are. I want to celebrate a woman's inner strength, to inspire real women and make them feel confident and beautiful.
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But whether a couple is a man and a woman has everything to do with the meaning of marriage.
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Every season, for me, it's like starting from scratch again.
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Do not let friars enter your wine cellars for fear they will bless every barrel and change the wine into blood.
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To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I'm writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I'm going to play for the opening sequence.
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About 50 percent of the songs on the radio are like, 'Live like tomorrow doesn't exist. Like it's my birthday. Like it's the last day of my life'... Such a large percentage of pop music is really about party time.
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It's a sad state of affairs when we make fun of people for reading instead of making reading fun for people.
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Women in Thai society have been placed in the space of the home. It is possible that women have assuredly taken up that place without thinking too critically about it.
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Of course, you always think about how it will be read. I always aim for a reading in one sitting.
