Melanie Scrofano Quotes
The danger with genre is playing genre instead of playing the honesty of what's going on.
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The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.
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There are roles out there and women out there that are fascinating to me, and there are things in our culture that I see that I want to express. It's my passion to express that.
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If I had even the tiniest scrap of advice to give to a young actor who was figuring out how to audition, I would say don't memorize the script... The reality about auditions is that 98 percent of the results has to do with what you are, not with what you did in the audition.
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Don't be surprised if you find me doing some charity work in another country.
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I've certainly not got any famous people's numbers on my phone. It's just not my thing, really.
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War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.
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What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the 9/11 legislation because we lacked a majority of the majority,' or putting aside partisan politics to enact tough new legislation with America's security foremost in mind?
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I genuinely want to do my best every day, and I genuinely want to enjoy life every day.
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I have met almost everyone I've wanted to meet.
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If it is terrorism, if it is war on terror, then the Afghan people will join you on terror.
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Without a function, we cease to be. So, I will write till I die.
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When I used to do abstract paintings at school, like everyone else, the tutor said these would make great curtains. I would always neglect the formal stuff that was going on by using colour, because colour kind of came naturally to me.
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When first starting to work with someone you try to get them in the same mindset that you were in when you were successful, and I realized the best thing you can ever do is realize that they are not you. They have a different persona and mindset, and you have to figure out what works best within your communication with that athlete.
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I have a speech impediment because I slur a lot, and they even make fun of me on 'Cougar Town' because there's certain word combinations that I just can't say.
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I was known as the chief grave robber of my state.
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I'm tired of being considered property.
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What happens when you're a child professional is that you have to be, well, professional. You're taught not to have tantrums, to always people-please.
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When someone asks about a career in fashion, I say start at the bottom. If you want to start a business, you have to know it from the ground up.
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I was bullied at school, so I didn't much like it.
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In chess, computers show that what we call 'strategy' is reducible to tactics, ultimately. It only looks creative to us. They are still just glorified cash registers. This should make us feel uncomfortable, whether or not we think computers will ever be good composers of music or artistic painters.
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Self-awareness involves deep personal honesty. It comes from asking and answering hard questions.
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I can do what my energy, my time, to my other sort of commitment. And then also emotional, religious harmony. So in these two field, now that more or less I think the spirituality or human values in these fields, I may consider my only professional field. The political, national struggle, these are not my profession.
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The danger with genre is playing genre instead of playing the honesty of what's going on.
