John Wells Quotes
People say to me, 'Well, how do you direct Meryl Streep?' You're not wandering over to Meryl telling her how to act. She's an extraordinary talent and unbelievably hard working; she works harder than anyone I have ever worked with before.
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EVOO is extra-virgin olive oil. I first coined 'EVOO' on my cooking show because saying 'extra virgin olive oil' over and over was wordy, and I'm an impatient girl - that's why I make 30-minute meals!
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It was at Inver Slane, to the north of Leinster, the sons of Gaedhal of the Shining Armour, the Very Gentle, that were called afterwards the Sons of the Gael, made their first attempt to land in Ireland to avenge Ith, one of their race that had come there one time and had met with his death.
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China, frankly, can be an opportunity for Africa based on the huge infrastructure deficit on the continent, but what needs to happen is that governments and citizens have to build internal ownership of the need of good governance, transparency, accountability, for respect for the environment.
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I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
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After high school, I went to the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point for a year, and I studied musical theatre. By that point, I was like, 'This is what I want to do.'
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think.
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The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct.
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Plus, there were so many pianos in my house, so I couldn't really avoid it.
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I don't get nothing but love. In every ghetto all over the world. Nothing but love. They respect that I came outta there and I'm doing it the right way. You can't do nothing but respect that.
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I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.
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When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.
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You don't have to find out what someone's mechanical abilities are. All those factors are already a known commodity. I've seen teams win championships and have their entire team quit the next day because they weren't happy.
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I threw a lot of balls and walked a lot of batters. Not something I'm proud of, but something I learned from.
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I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.
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You have to take control of your own life, your own destiny, and your own careers. You can't leave everything up to someone else, 'cause then you can look at them and blame them.
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I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
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If I was in a room with a bunch of skinheads talking about racism, then I would be disturbed, but after we finished a take, we were normal people again.
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Learn a lot about the world and finish things, even if it is just a short story. Finish it before you start something else. Finish it before you start rewriting it. That's really important.
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I wrote my first books when I was single and then I got married and then had a kid and there were different things happening in my life.
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I think I was pretty reckless and definitely a bit out of control. Now, I'm more focused.
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People who work every day are kind of scared of things they don't understand.
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People say to me, 'Well, how do you direct Meryl Streep?' You're not wandering over to Meryl telling her how to act. She's an extraordinary talent and unbelievably hard working; she works harder than anyone I have ever worked with before.
