Eric Jerome Dickey Quotes
Most women got this thing called compassion. It doesn't make them foolish, just more forgiving. More capable of trying and hoping things worked out.
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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After being nearly eradicated from the lower 48 states by the 1960s, bald eagles were re-introduced to the Adirondacks in the 1980s, and I'm proud to report the view from my home indicates they are flourishing in upstate New York.
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I started with paragliding. Paragliding is taking off from mountains with a paraglider, with the possibility to fly cross-country, distance, just with the use of thermals to soar. Also, different aerobatic maneuvers are possible with a paraglider. From there, I started with skydiving.
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If my life was a song the title would be 'Naima'.
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I'm not one of those people who have to try and remember what they told people, because I always tell the truth. That should count for something, right?
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I had the lunchbox that cleared the cafeteria. I was very unpopular in the early grades. Because I hung out with my grandfather, I started to bring my lunchbox with sardine sandwiches and calamari that I would eat off my fingers like rings. I was also always reeking of garlic.
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Sometimes you struggle so hard to feed your family one way, you forget to feed them the other way, with spiritual nourishment. Everybody needs that.
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He wos wery good to me, he wos!
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No doubt, when modesty was made a virtue, it was a very advantageous thing for the fools, for everybody is expected to speak of himself as if he were one.
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Writing is an addiction more powerful than alcohol, than nicotine, than crack. I could not conceive of not writing.
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The school made it very clear that women were entitled to positions of authority. That sense of entitlement allowed us to feel that we have a natural place in leadership in the world. That gave me a mental and emotional confidence.
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I'm not a good storyteller - I much prefer to be with people who are chatty, to have the luxury of listening.
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I'm a real goof-ball deep down. It's always been my thing to make people like me.
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Non-studio entities can experiment with storytelling that might be too niche... for a studio.
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I'm up for doing a part if I thought the part was right and the people want to consider me for a part. If I thought the part was absolutely exciting... I would go for it.
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The sheer complexity of writing a play always had dazzled me. In an effort to understand it, I became a critic.
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Spirituality is something that makes you who you are on and off the field. It's something you try and live by. The way you play is one thing, but the way you act is a little different. You're just trying to be a good person, the best you can be, on and off the field.
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Actors need to trust themselves. If you trust yourself, you can trust others and leave the director outside.
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I'm a very good storyteller; I have a lot of compassion for people. That's very useful for a novelist. A lot of novelists are snots. They're just mean people. I'm not a terribly skilled stylist, nor do I want to be. I want a lot of people to read one of my stories and go, 'That was pretty cool.'
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Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.
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All movies aren't fun; some are hard work. You try to do something and convey a set of emotions that have to do with some real life kind of stuff.
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The greatest history book ever written is the one hidden in our DNA.
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Most women got this thing called compassion. It doesn't make them foolish, just more forgiving. More capable of trying and hoping things worked out.
