John Millington Synge Quotes
I'm a good scholar when it comes to reading but a blotting kind of writer when you give me a pen.
Quotes to Explore
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Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
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Shareholders need to have a real interest in the companies they own. Too many are simply too busy - they are asleep at the wheel.
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When we come to understand nature, we are touching the most deep and most important parts of ourself.
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Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.
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Writing is not like acting, where you can pull these little stunts that create a particular effect. Words are all it is about, and the way you use words has to be individual and particular to you.
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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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Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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I am suspicious of writers who go looking for issues to address. Writers are neither preachers nor journalists. Journalists know much more than most writers about what's going on in the world. And if you want to change things, you do journalism.
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Constant reference to a 'war on terror' did accomplish one major objective: It stimulated the emergence of a culture of fear.
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The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of South Carolina.
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Seemed like everything I tried to do in broadcasting and as a player before that turned out successfully. I was succeeding. I got to the top of the heap in every facet of broadcasting.
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Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time.
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My whole life is a theater piece.
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The joy of YouTube is that you can create content about anything you feel passionate about, however silly the subject matter.
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When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
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To me, writing an ongoing series feels like driving a freight train downhill. All you can do is steer and pray.
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Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.
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I know I have to run 20 more minutes if I eat ice cream. Basically, I eat everything, but I just do more training.
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EVERY attack now made on WikiLeaks and Julian Assange was made against me and the release of the Pentagon Papers at the time.1
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The first time we ever used the Dixie flag for our backdrop was actually when we went over to Europe in 1970. It looked good, so we all liked it. We never meant any racial things by it.
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I'm a good scholar when it comes to reading but a blotting kind of writer when you give me a pen.
