Essie Davis Quotes
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I've achieved more than some people do in a lifetime, but it doesn't mean I've done it all.
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I remember being a teenager and seeing Seymour Cassel across a crowded room and being incredibly star struck, and not having the courage to say, 'Hello.'
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I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortunate art is made for long beards and ugly faces rather than for a relatively well-endowed woman.
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I'm an entrepreneur. I'm married to an entrepreneur. So I haven't just sipped the entrepreneurship cool-aid, I bleed this stuff.
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I don't think I'd like to be a different person. But I do sometimes see my cats lolling about and think it would be nice to be one of them.
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My dad has actually really influenced me musically. I have a weird love for '80s and '90s music. A lot of people are like, 'Are you serious? It's so lame.' But my dad always plays that in the car whenever we're together.
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I've seen it again and again in my consulting: Most teams are too large to be innovative, despite their leaders' best intentions.
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For some reason, I'm really comfortable talking about my personal life in songs.
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Appearance is something you should definitely consider when you're going out. Have your girlfriend clip your nails or something like that.
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When you write a story, it just flows and you don't control it. It's subconscious.
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Girls think that being glamorous means making mistakes and being irresponsible. And that's just not true. The smarter you are, the better prepared you are to make decisions in your life, the more likely you are to lead a satisfying life and be glamorous and fun and anything you want to be.
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I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one.
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'When God calls a man or woman, what they will eat, what they will use and everything they need for their journey will be provided abundantly by God.'
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The prose writer drags meaning along with a rope, the poet makes it stand out and hit you.
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My heart is warm with friends I make, And better friends I'll not be knowing, Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take, No matter where it's going.
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When I was in London at NBC, I was the lowest man on the totem pole. I would go to diplomatic receptions to meet people.
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I have never experienced racism in the feminist movement, so it concerned me to think that I was unable to see the subject clearly because I came from white, middle-class privilege.
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I came into this environment where there was so much love, so much positive energy. I never heard my parents say, 'We have adopted kids.' The minute my sister Linda and I landed in Sweden, we were their kids.
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Creatively I just enjoy challenging myself in different genres.
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Nobody ever lends money to a man with a sense of humor.
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I will treat everyone equally and be a servant of the Egyptian people.
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Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with short steps.
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Unlike Rosa, I can see no divine purpose behind the tangle of this existence, no ordering hand. It is all a mystery, or more accurately, a mess. There are no heroes or villains, no saviors or demons or angels. Only those who have died and those of us who, for whatever reason, have survived. None of this will keep me from believing in God. I believe in Him, I just don't know that I will ever have faith in Him.
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I never spend more than a week away from the children.
