Sarah Zettel Quotes
Actually, after while, finding the ideas is the easy part. Sorting them through and turning them into stories, now, that's the hard work.
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You set your goals to a point where they're attainable, but far enough away that you have to really go get them. And every year I push my goals a little bit farther away, and every year I work a little bit harder to get them.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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The best way to preserve your privacy is to use a search engine that does not keep your logs in the first place. That's the approach used by Startpage and its European parent company, Ixquick.
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A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.
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If I'm still walking, I am not dead. So I have to still walk and run towards the benefit of Lebanon.
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God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.
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Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you.
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I am proud of my kids and happy to brag about their achievements. Their success has been an immense source of happiness for me.
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We deploy a full arsenal of tools against voter fraud, including long prison terms, heavy fines and deportation. We have checks and balances at all levels of the system. And we have the Department of Justice prosecutors backing us up.
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The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.
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I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
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Our trouble is that we drink too much tea. I see in this the slow revenge of the Orient, which has diverted the Yellow River down our throats.
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Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
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I think that fame only goes to your head if you are not a real artist. If you are a real artist and a good person who loves what they are doing, you are going to be the same person.
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The talk shows in the States want celebrities, not authors. In France, it is different; writers are called upon to comment on everything. They have a very public role there.
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Every argument for Negro suffrage is an argument for women's suffrage.
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I find love stories satisfying when you can see the work - when you can really watch people find each other and fall in love, a little bit at a time. I like slow burns. Falling in love is so good; why would you want to rush it?
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Well, one of my favorite ones to work on - besides just about any scene from 'Deadwood' - was my scene with Brad Pitt in 'Assassination of Jesse James'. That was just a fun day.
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Lots of crime films are about work. Free Fire could have been about a company of plumbers doing pipe-fixing and stuff. But the plumbing film is not so exciting.
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If you're going to give people authority and hold them responsible and ultimately accountable for their performance, you've got to get out of the way.
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The entire dynamics of the lighting market are changing. Value is moving toward systems and services.
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At my first Masters, I got the feeling, that if I didn't play well, I wouldn't go to heaven.
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Actually, after while, finding the ideas is the easy part. Sorting them through and turning them into stories, now, that's the hard work.
