Fay Godwin Quotes
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You have to be un-comfortably comfortable in this business. There's always somebody else who wants what you have.
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It's very hard to be an innovator at the highest level in any discipline. For some chefs it's merely about combining ingredients, but that's something you can do with your eyes closed.
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I think Freud is about contamination, but I think that is something he learned from Shakespeare, because Shakespeare is about nothing but contamination, you might say.
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If it helped you get your music off the ground, I'm glad you done it.
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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I worked at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, lived there for three years, and lived in Baltimore for 12 years.
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For every person that doesn't like you, there's gonna be somebody who does.
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For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it's time to exit.
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You can always make peace with an F-16 in your pocket.
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If you represent everyone, in some ways you represent no one. You're un-owned.
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And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today.
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When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.
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I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brought up in poverty.
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No one teaches you how to be a famous person; no one teaches you how to be a role model. It's something you have to do on your own.
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Don't ever forget two things I'm going to tell you. One, don't believe everything that's written about you. Two, don't pick up too many checks.
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In the heptathlon, you can be any shape. Some of the girls are more built than others, and their strong events are the shot put and javelin.
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As you get older, you see the world at a different angle, maybe more cynically, but I just bury my anger.
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There are ogres and black beasts out there; you have to be constantly on guard.
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Just as compassion is the wish that all sentient beings be free of suffering, loving-kindness is the wish that all may enjoy happiness.
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Hash browns are my favorite breakfast food.
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When I don't plumb the depths or the opportunities of each day, I don't have joy.
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Health care's not about insurance! Health care's about getting treatment.
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There is not adequate whistleblower protection.
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You can't expect to take a definitive image in half an hour. It takes days, often years.
