Rachel Joyce Quotes
I like writing people from a slightly sharp angle and then throwing more light on them. I think in life we see somebody and make judgments very quickly about who they are and what they are. Or we think people are boring because they appear ordinary.
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To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.
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I think that one of the primary roles of an attorney, and certainly we try to teach it here to our students, is that you counsel compliance with the law. The lawyer, more than simply being a mouthpiece for the client and advocating at whatever cost the client's interest, is also an officer of the court in questions that appear before the court.
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I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.
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You go down South, and they're quirky; they have culture, and it's not uniformly true of our country. Our country has gotten a little blanded out, big sections of it. Even if you disagree with the politics, you have to appreciate the cuisine, the music, the literature.
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The only thing simple about the past is that it's not now.
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I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country.
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Fear and its accompanying emotional reactions have become part of the public mindset. Such reactions, while often legitimate, are also being exploited with increasing frequency for political ends.
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My dad was really complex, and I was raised by that. My mom is really bright - very book bright - and so those things collide... I learned that I could put all of that stuff together in the world of acting, and I could make a dollar at it.
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Nobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.
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I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it.
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I'm not nervous standing with anyone.
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I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.
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Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
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In the hands of a passive-aggressive person who wants to abdicate responsibility for things, texting is a great tool. You can really go nuts.
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Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
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Thrift shopping is all about going into the thrift shop and having no expectation of what you might find.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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A man's kiss is his signature.
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The ku-magic is a very ancient magic. It predates Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism.
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There is no reality except the one contained within us.
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Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process.
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Of course, nobody does [want another Cuban Missile Crisis].
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Acting is a weird, kind of alienating job because you're in an isolated place. Even if you're working with a lot of other people, you're kind of alienated. Actors say that a lot, and I kind of find that to be true.
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I like writing people from a slightly sharp angle and then throwing more light on them. I think in life we see somebody and make judgments very quickly about who they are and what they are. Or we think people are boring because they appear ordinary.
