Scott Westerfeld Quotes
Now,young lady,I suppose you're here for a work assignment." Work?" Tally said. They both looked down at her puzzled expression, and Shay burst into laughter.
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Never stand still. Only stand still enough to learn, and once you stop learning in that stance, move off. Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get. If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets. But be around actors because that is where you will primarily learn.
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You might not agree with me, but I always offer a lot of support.
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I believe that I have been basically anarchistic, anti-religion and anti-industry and business. In other words, anti-bureaucracy. I would like to see people behave well without having to have priests stand by, politicians stand by, or people collecting bills.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
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Those who get stuck doing the same things for too long are bound to get left behind the strong who press on and re-invent themselves.
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I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom.
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People don't slip. Time catches up with them.
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I started 20 years without missing a race and ESPN started broadcasting on the air waves.
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I just try to be myself, whatever that is. I don't think about how I'll be remembered. I just want to be consistent over a long period of time. That's what the great players do.
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I feel like I work on scripts for comedy as well as dramatic stuff the same.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.
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An English journalist called Michael Viney told me when I was 25, that I would write well if I cared a lot what I was writing about. That worked. I went home that day and wrote about parents not understanding their children as well as we teachers did, and it was published the very next week.
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You have to captivate and entertain if you want your message to get across.
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Fuseproject was founded in 1999, and the notion behind it, which is alive and kicking today, is fusing different disciplines. Our teams are absolutely incredible at their own discipline, but most importantly, they're incredible at partnering with each other.
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I watched westerns when I was a kid, like everybody else, but I wasn't a total nerd or geek about it. I kind of fell in love with westerns heavily when I started watching Sergio Leone's westerns.
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How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg.
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I don't know what to say really - except that you look immortal and I look bereft.
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Failure is nothing but success trying to be born in a bigger way. Most seeming failures are just installments toward victory!
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I thought 'Chelsea Girls' was going to change my life.
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If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
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Le bon critique est celui qui raconte les aventures de son âme au milieu des chefs-d'œuvre.
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Now,young lady,I suppose you're here for a work assignment." Work?" Tally said. They both looked down at her puzzled expression, and Shay burst into laughter.
