Scott Westerfeld Quotes
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I was raised in Topanga Canyon. It's an eclectic community up in the Santa Monica mountains. A lot of musicians lived there - Joni Mitchell, Neil Young - as well as artists and craftspeople.
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People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
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Cornwall bears a certain resemblance to Italy: each is like a leg or boot, but Italy stands a-tiptoe to the south, whereas Cornwall is thrust out to the west. But, whereas Italy is kicking Sicily as a football, Cornwall has but the shattered group of the Scilly Isles at its toe.
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The notion that female initiative is useless because men know what they want is particularly odd - most people don't even know what they want for dinner.
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It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.
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If your boss asks you why you're comin' in late, you say it's 'cause you stayed late.
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A culture without mythology is not really a civilisation.
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It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.
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Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it's the most exquisite love of all.
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A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man pushing a button that releases a bomb.
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I believe in a strong national defense. But it's my belief that neither Iraq nor Afghanistan poses a threat to national security, and we shouldn't be involved in either area.
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Just before I auditioned for 'The X Factor,' there was nothing in my diary at all. I had no shows; nothing was happening. It was make-or-break time for me, and I had to consider doing another career altogether.
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When I was in high school, we used to do 15-20 hours of dance per week, and then when you graduate, you don't have that much time on your hands anymore.
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If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.
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Every girl should be married at least once in her life. It's a must. Because once you have been married, you are a Mrs., and even if the marriage doesn't work out, they can't take that away from you.
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When I was growing up, I thought I was getting bored of acting, so I left that. Then after a few years, I started missing it. I left my studies mid-way, and I used to give lots of auditions.
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Often when you are starting out in comedy, you will find that people will laugh at the things you didn't think were funny. It's important to pay attention also to what people are laughing at when you are just talking in regular conversation. Often that is when you are truly being yourself.
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I think you need to love giving compliments as much as you love receiving them.
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It's definitely fun when you're able to translate your practice into the game. It's fun, and you know that your hard work paid off.
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Measures of self-precept must be tailored to the domain of psychological functioning being explored.
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I grew up around animals seven horses, dogs and now a pet goldfish named Leila and I'm rebelling against them not having a natural existence.
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I got kicked out of a club for sticking up for my sister. And I got into a fight that was basically hair pulling and rolling around on the gym floor. The fights make me sound like a hell-raiser, but I'm not proud of them.
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One of the things I've always enjoyed is moving around and staying fit. Physicality is such a big part of being an actor, but it's also about stillness and silence.
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You'd think that in a fight, NOT MOVING would be a bad habit!
