Isabel Paterson Quotes
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I have just begun a work in which an important part is given to a large chorus and with it I want to use several of your instruments - augmenting their range as in those I used for my Equatorial - especially in the high range.
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We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.
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I want to do my hard dives really well, I want to see what my true potential in this sport really is. I want to grasp that.
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Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a writer, write a screenplay in your house. If you want to be an actor, put on a one-man show. If you want to be a stand-up comedian, go to an open mic.
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We want to encourage people to talk to one another.
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I want the kind of career where I can move back and forth.
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This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.
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I have really high expectations for myself, so I just want to go out there and compete.
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I want to say that maybe I've made some wrong decisions, but I'm still an honorable person, and I intend to take care of all of my obligations.
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I want to do everything in the world that can be done.
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If you really want to know what Middle-earth is based on, it's my wonder and delight in the earth as it is, particularly the natural earth.
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Hunger and homelessness aren't things we always want to talk about.
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At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
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I naturally want to be provocative.
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I want to describe the psychological state of the people in a certain city.
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The one I tell everyone, the one I'm very, very proud of is 'Call Me Irresponsible.' Simply because I want to say and it's not as facetious as it sounds. It has five syllable words in it.
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I don't want to worry about maintaining an air of decorum that's not natural to me.
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I want a platform that, like a book or a magazine, I can carry into the bath or leave at the beach.
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Frame in terms of what you want to have in the picture, not about making a nice picture, that anybody can do.
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If government were a product, selling it would be illegal.
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Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?
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My first novel - the novel I wrote before 'Midnight's Children' - feels, to me, now, very - I mean, I get embarrassed when I see people reading it. You know, there are some people who, bizarrely, like it. Which I'm, you know, I'm happy for.
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Acting changed my life. I say God and then acting. Because becoming an actor, I've gained a new respect for humanity. And I believe that it's also helped me to grow as a person. It's been one of the biggest blessings and expressions that I could have ever been gifted with.
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It takes the best part of a lifetime to find out what you don't want.
