Melissa Etheridge Quotes
Video is a funny thing. It's one thing to be an artist, singer-songwriter, and use words and create pictures in people's minds. And then be asked to do video for it, to actually give a certain visual for your song.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work.
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'SVU' is one of my favorite shows. When I got the call to appear and play myself, I jumped at the chance. Obviously, I went over my lines, but playing yourself is a really great way to get your feet wet in the acting field. I enjoyed being on set and learning as much as I could about the scripted world.
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I like things simple.
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I found it more challenging to act in a small scene, especially if it has no dialogue and if it is a close-up with only expressions.
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I make big objects that are simple, bright and clear, kind of ironic but hopefully funny because I love the shapes, and I get inspiration from toys and books, and I believe in art for everyone.
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A smart phone essentially creates a dossier of your travels, and consumers have no control over who will eventually see that information.
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A lot of times, when you're the leading lady, you get to sing heartwarming songs and that's it, and people don't get a sense of who you truly are.
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Intelligent analysis of the composer's intention and strict adherence to it automatically ensures sincerity.
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For 'Hidalgo,' I just spent as much time around horses as I could, which made sense.
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The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every calling, is diligence.
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I think fan fiction is the way most writers start, and the same goes for music and design.
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I watched TV religiously when I was a kid, but nowadays - with the Internet - there's so many people writing about TV on the Internet, that everything's sort of under a magnifying glass.
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In a marketplace where it's so easy to produce products, where your competitors can essentially match you on the product itself, you need to have something else. You need to have an added value, and that added value is the identity, the idea behind your brand.
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The ability to convince people of the wackiest notions - and both parties can do it - it's part of the dumbing down of America that's really highly problematic.
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I'm sure I wouldn't have been asked to judge the Man Booker if it weren't for 'Downton.'
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Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death.
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My feminist training was that this was your goal, to be a self-sufficient woman, but that is a miscalculation. It's just not the way we work. We work in dialogue with the community.
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I think a lot of mothers are doing as I am: starting up their own ventures as their children grow older, and having a kind of second blooming.
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Some goals you just never really think about trying to achieve because they just seem so out of reach.
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For a long time he stood at the window looking at the shining rails. They had always fascinated him. Squinting a little he saw them stretch away to infinity, carrying him off to his rediscovered youth.
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Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity.
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Lets tell young people the best books are yet to written; the best painting, the best government the best of everything is yet to be done by them.
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Video is a funny thing. It's one thing to be an artist, singer-songwriter, and use words and create pictures in people's minds. And then be asked to do video for it, to actually give a certain visual for your song.
