Jody Lynn Nye Quotes
'Granted' is about a lively young woman who does a fairy godmother a good turn and is given a wish as her reward.
Quotes to Explore
-
I was a little, uh, incorrigible as a kid, so the kitchen was a good place to give me structure and balance. It taught me hard work, but then I grew to love it.
-
My legs are nice, my lips are shapely, and my breasts are pretty. They popped up when I was 11 and they weren't small then. I was teased, but now those kids wish they had what I have!
-
I don't have the looks to compete at a bar, and I'm not that funny. So the last thing I want is to be in a situation where that's what I'm competing on. I'd rather be on OkCupid or Match, where I can write a 300-word essay about myself that's really good.
-
Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world.
-
Putting on my legs is like putting on my shoes. I understand that's how some people might think differently, but I hope that in London, their perceptions open up.
-
I'd rather have one good scene in a movie by a great director than a small role in a mediocre movie.
-
Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.
-
I think you can feel good about yourself at any size and any shape. Nobody should be made to feel inferior because they have a certain body type.
-
My parents had a great marriage. Interestingly, it made it harder for me in relationships because I knew what a good relationship looked like.
-
It doesn't matter what you feel - ultimately, it's what the audience feels. You can finish a scene and think to yourself, 'Oh, God. I was so deep in that moment,' and find it just didn't play. I don't know if I have very good radar about that or not.
-
Playing good girls in the 30s was difficult, when the fad was to play bad girls. Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress.
-
Sport's always a good thing - it's healthy, and it takes your mind off other things.
-
Disasters are usually a good time to re-examine what we've done so far, what mistakes we've made, and what improvements should come next.
-
A feel-good style can be a symptom of unawareness or lack of caring.
-
There is almost nothing more painful for a leader than seeing good people leave a growing organization, whether it's a priest watching a Sunday school teacher walk out the door or a CEO saying goodbye to a co-founder.
-
I got behind that pencil and nothing happened for many years, but since they put me in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, I've turned around. I took a good look at myself and said, I think it's time to get back at work.
-
So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well.
-
I have a relatively good track record.
-
The last time I saw Ted Kennedy was a generation after my first meeting, at the Senate subway below the Capitol on Obama's Inauguration Day. He was his usual gregarious and gracious self - with beaming smile and booming voice wishing my husband and me good luck with our pregnancy and expressing his excitement about the new president.
-
It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
-
The songs were there before the band was there, and it's my songs. And it's like, we're not in the 1950s. We can't call ourselves, like, 'The Revolvers' - it just doesn't work that way. And 'The Lukas Graham Band' just sounded wrong.
-
We can continue our progress as a Nation toward the promise that all people are created equal and that our Nation will treat every person in that spirit.
-
We would like UN resolutions to be enforced, including on Iraq.
-
'Granted' is about a lively young woman who does a fairy godmother a good turn and is given a wish as her reward.
