Judy Blume Quotes
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I tell my students based on my experiences in Hollywood, sure, you can always move to L.A. and try to work with the system, and people do that, but chances are if you want your story in film with characters of color, you will have to make that movie yourself. Find a way to make it yourself. Not just screenwriters, but also producers.
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At one time, I was persuaded to want to make music, and people answered me that that was not possible.
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On September 11 last year international terrorism entered a new dimension.
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One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life.
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When you come right down to it, I guess I really am pretty bland.
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Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
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I think I might have been a more interesting actor, had more of a career earlier on, if I had more formal preparation. When I see something ten years later that I was in I think, 'Boy, would I love to do that over.'
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As we embrace the American dream and the freedoms it represents, we must also ensure that those who wish to enjoy those freedoms become a part of our society and learn to speak our language.
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I should see an enemy of my country in any one who would change by force that which has been established by law.
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Like Hollywood movies, MTV and blue jeans, fast food has become one of America's major cultural exports.
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Hindsight is illuminating but not always what we want to see.
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I'm like an eight year old with the dressing-up box. I have the luxury of being able to change on a whim.
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I will not plan on buying any kind of electronic textbook. If you pay for it, it should be yours. That's information open to you, especially if you're buying books for your major.
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I want to be a poet. I don't want to talk about genies in bottles anymore.
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Europe was the major surprise for the month.
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My first book was rejected nine times. It turned out to be a best seller, Battle Cry? in 1953.
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I want to crush everyone. I want to outsmart everyone.
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Once you land on who you think the character is and what his conflicts are, you have to let that lead you. You have to throw all that other stuff away and not be worried about this epic responsibility, or it will just crush and paralyze you.
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This is true in other fields, too, that a legal aid lawyer gets a whole lot less money than a Hollywood lawyer who handles the estates of celebrities. Maybe the legal aid lawyer is doing something better, though, and maybe they're happier. It's not a completely unheard of idea, but I do think we have to remind ourselves at times to look for satisfaction in other ways.
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I'm still looking to write a great song.... You always are. You know, you never think, 'Well, that's enough ... that's good enough.'
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What is really important is what you learn after thinking you know it all.
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My insides still turn over when he looks at me that certain way.
