Sarah Rees Brennan Quotes
You know my beautiful speech has made you see me in a whole new and even more attractive light. You totally think I'm secretly deep now. And you are right. It is true. I have deeps.
Quotes to Explore
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Trust is something I know has to be earned whether you're a husband, a father, or a congressman.
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We develop our propensity to forgive or not to forgive by what we see illustrated at the early ages of our development.
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Don't feel sorry for me. I've had a great life, great friends.
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I'm not musically inclined. It blows my mind that people can write music. I don't have that talent; I look up to the people that do.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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Egyptian comedy has a very, very old tradition. Our theater and our movies are just, like, amazing. And Egypt is kind of like the Hollywood of the Middle East. I mean, we had cinema maybe decades before the other Arab countries ever got independence.
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The two things that can hurt you are if you need money or if you need fame. Those are the things that can be your Achilles heel. But if you don't need money and you don't need fame, then you're free.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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You've got to be yourself, and if you're not, you're a phony. It comes shining through if you're not careful.
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I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.
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Just as the Congress party did not plan the riots, but certain individuals belonging to the party have been accused of them, I have come to know that certain people belonging to the RSS were also named in some FIRs.
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Was his very boyishness the reason he was chosen? In that case, was it not a virtue to be admired, and not a failing to be despised?
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I'm fulfilled in what I do... I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes - the finer things of life - would make you happy. My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense.
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Put a Post-It note on your mirror that says: 'Someone has to succeed. There's no reason why it shouldn't be me.' Repeat before every audition.
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Good actors are a dime a dozen, but I want actors that are gonna be part of my team and collaborative.
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I viewed my fellow man not as a fallen angel, but as a risen ape.
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If two wrongs don't make a right, then what do three wrongs make? What about four?
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I try to begin with a strong grasp of my characters. Even if it's schematic, I need it clear in my head who these people are.
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'But what happens when you die?' 'You’re finished with,' Enderby said promptly. 'Done for. And even if you weren’t – well, you die then, gasp your last, then you’re sort of wandering, free of body. You wander around and then you come in contact with a sort of big thing. What is this big thing? God, if you like.'
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When I coach dancers, I always like to get on the dance floor with them or describe something by showing them.
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Nobody calls me silly. That is not a word that applies to me.
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Thinking of possibilities is like driving a car on a freeway. You have an open road that stretches endlessly before you where your thoughts are not shackled. But when we say 'impossible,' we have already reached a dead-end in our minds. So dwell on possibilities to open up your horizon.
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The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling free. So if I can't have those things then I feel like a caged animal and I'd rather not be in a cage. I'd rather be dead. And it's real simple. And I think it's not that uncommon.
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You know my beautiful speech has made you see me in a whole new and even more attractive light. You totally think I'm secretly deep now. And you are right. It is true. I have deeps.
