Melissa Ordway Quotes
In real life, I have mostly gone for nice guys. I definitely had a phase where I was like, "Oh, the bad guy is really cool." It's fun to be bad for a while, and then that ended really terribly - one piece of advice I'll give to people is your mom is always right.
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Whether you listen to a piece of music, or a poem, or look at a picture or a jug, or a piece of sculpture, what matters about it is not what it has in common with others of its kind, but what is singularly its own.
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I tell you, 'Firefly'? Best job I ever had. Heartbroken when it was canceled, but had it not been canceled, I never would have gotten 'Serenity'. I think 'Serenity' is the most incredible thing I've ever been able to actually get my hands on and do. I can't even tell you how much love I have for that project.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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The most successful Subway customers, of course, are the ones who can't keep their hands off their sandwich. Join your artist in the sandwich assembling process. That sneeze guard is a suggestion. That sneeze guard is trying to intimidate you into staying on the customer's side of the partition.
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I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
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As long as the number one worry for people, keeping them up at nights, is whether they're going to have a job in the morning, then they are less likely to resist unfair changes, or unfair treatment, or cuts in real pay at work.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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I will announce some of the tombs I found next to the great pyramid of Khufu. One is an intact tomb that I have not opened yet.
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It might be useful to distinguish between pleasure and joy. But maybe everybody does this very easily, all the time, and only I am confused.
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I think that our comfort is in our history.
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India is at the vanguard of figuring out how to exploit technology and innovation on behalf of democratic accountability.
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Saudi Arabia is one of India's most valued strategic partners.
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I was fortunate to have teachers that were flexible with allowing me to miss more class than I was supposed to be able to, for the sake of being able to tour.
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Many women have more power than they recognize, and they're very hesitant to use it, for they fear they won't be loved.
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I wouldn't not want to be a director and write as I wouldn't not to want to be a writer and direct movies.
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My dad was a single father, and he was a hunter.
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I am a very musical person. I love music, and I don't just love Cape Breton fiddling, although it's my favorite.
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It is a tremendous honor to be named poet laureate, but one that I find humbling as well, because it's the kind of thing that makes me feel like - even as it's been bestowed upon me - I must continue to live up to what it means... Being the younger laureate in the age of social media is a new challenge.
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Tobacco exports should be expanded aggressively because Americans are smoking less.
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Whatever is truly alive must die. Look at the flowers; only plastic flowers never die.
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There are a handful of talented individuals that are always going to do a better job. If you look at the amount of TV shows or movies, there's only a handful that rise to the top.
Chad Hurley -
It's weird, you know? I didn't really envision my future, but I'm pretty happy with how it's turned out.
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Shah Rukh Khan is such a gentleman that he doesn't intimidate anyone. He is nothing but sweet to everyone, and he has been absolutely amazing to me.
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In real life, I have mostly gone for nice guys. I definitely had a phase where I was like, "Oh, the bad guy is really cool." It's fun to be bad for a while, and then that ended really terribly - one piece of advice I'll give to people is your mom is always right.
