Melissa de la Cruz Quotes
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At school I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking. But the girls on TV looked similar to me. I would say to my mum, 'The girls at school are teasing me, but I look like those girls on TV.'
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No man may make another free.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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I have very much been a guy who's acknowledged how many women have directed me, have produced... it's been unbelievable.
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It's pretty intense writing about my own life, my own struggles.
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I don't like to play the victim.
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My philosophy was, if I just do good work, someone will like it enough to employ me. It never made me famous. And I'm way, way too old now, mate. That boat's sailed.
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I call on the people of Tripoli to restrain themselves and not get drawn into conflict with anyone.
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As a player, you just want to focus on controlling the controllables.
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I'm not a negative person.
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One of the great rewards of a writer's life is that it lets you read all the books you want to without feeling guilty.
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If you leave me waiting 'round for hours and then call on me to do something, I need to be able to do it straight away. That's my job, like your job is to do what you do.
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For most of my 20s, I looked like I was 12. Now that I'm pushing 40, I guess I look closer to... 15? It must be my macrobiotic diet. Oh, wait, except that I don't have one of those.
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Heroes in drama are people who try hard to reach a virtuous ideal. And whether they succeed or fail really doesn't matter - it's the trying that counts.
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I respond to the Greek love of metamorphosis.
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I've spent a lot of years living with normal people. If I take a private jet to go to a meeting in Milan, well, that's my business; I can do it. But I don't live for it.
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The school plays needed kids that were big and bold and weren't afraid to be on stage, and I fit that bill, so I was expected to do it. And then I went to college, and the exact same thing happened.
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You're not cast because you're like someone or because you're sympathetic to them. You're cast because you can act.
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Some times you lose more than you win. It's about handling losses and trying to turn them into positives. You get out into the big leagues and there's a period of adjustment to be made. You've got to handle it.
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I think there are a lot of things in life that are not fair. But life, I believe, isn't always perfect and idealistic.
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But do remember that the most important risk factor for cancer is growing older. Most cancers occur in people over the age of 65.
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Social Security is a government program with a constituency made up of the old, the near old and those who hope or fear to grow old. After 215 years of trying, we have finally discovered a special interest that includes 100 percent of the population. Now we can vote ourselves rich.
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If I think about what life is, I believe life is a miracle. And if I think about what a miracle is, I don’t believe in it.
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I don't need anything to get high. I'm high on life.
