Nia Long Quotes
I'm working on a project called Lemons, produced by Killer Films. The director has a great perspective on character development.
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Being on a television series is sort of life-altering on every level.
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A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a region free of Iranian nukes are worthy goals that should be able to withstand public scrutiny in every Middle Eastern capital.
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The truth is, I don't sketch much at all. I have a very visual/spatial brain that retains a lot of information about maps, directions, positioning, and details, so I usually prefer working out those issues on the page itself.
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We all understand it's a privilege just to be playing in this league.
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I've been writing stories since I was a kid. I love writing stories.
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Prohibition of substances which give pleasure to people does not work. Addiction is a health problem, not a moral one, and there are many proven strategies which can reduce its burden.
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How dull it is to have people defining you.
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In my view, if you want to get ahead and build wealth, you have to get over your delusion that something only has value if you can measure it.
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I consider myself an inventor first and an entrepreneur second. In real life, my hero is Thomas Edison. He was a great inventor, but also an outstanding entrepreneur who was able to sell his inventions to the masses. He didn't just develop the light bulb; he invented the entire electric grid and power distribution system.
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Our lives are not what we deserve; they are, let us agree, in many ways deficient.
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We had a tiny budget for 'The Greatest,' which was the opposite of 'Wall Street.' We just kind of went in and did it. You've got four or five takes and then you've got to move on. We didn't even have trailers to stay in or anything.
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It is very difficult to hang onto the relics of history.
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Pressure is there with any release of mine. It's more my own, as I need to surpass my own expectations.
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That's what we're striving for, making us a contender in every race.
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The press called me a billionaire, and my wife came up and said I must be squirreling money away.
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I would be ecstatic if the very first writer to step foot in a Storyknife cabin was an Alaska Native woman writer.
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If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.
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J. K. Rowling is one of my favourite authors, and I really admire how she created this big wizarding world. But I think our books are very, very different, and I don't think there can be a next J. K. Rowling. She is one of a kind.
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I am thrilled to receive the Sondheim Award from the wonderful Signature Theatre. I have already received the invaluable gift of over twenty-five years of collaboration and friendship with Steve. Now I get to have his award, too!
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And nothing to look backward to with pride, and nothing to look forward to with hope.
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Every man who strikes blows for power, for influence, for institutions, for the right, must be just as good an anvil as he is a hammer.
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My study is a converted garage which is largely lined with bookshelves and cardboard boxes filled with manuscripts of my film scripts, plays and books.
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I'm working on a project called Lemons, produced by Killer Films. The director has a great perspective on character development.
