Shawn Amos (Shawn Ellis Amos) Quotes
In the '60s, my father, Wally Amos, had been a talent agent and a personal manager before taking a major career detour in 1975, when he opened a store selling chocolate chip cookies.
Shawn Amos
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I used to be so self-conscious about my braces that people thought I was shy - I just never talked. It took me a long time to realize, whatever, it's not like I'll have them forever, so I might as well enjoy it while I do!
Halima Aden
I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... as well as my film job, I was under contract, I was allowed to do that and everything.
Val Guest
I choose projects that resonate with me on some personal level and projects that I'm afraid to do. If I'm afraid to do them, then I usually say yes, because it means that I'm not ready to go there and deal with certain aspects of the script. And that means that I need to do it, because the things that scare you only make you better and stronger.
Octavia Spencer
Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.
Abraham Cowley
I've completely fallen in love with the U.K., and I'd love to spend a couple of months a year there.
Taylor Lautner
I knew that I wanted to write about a very young woman because I wanted to see the eyes of the art world in a fresh or even slightly naive way. Because there's something very honest about entering a room and not having a read on everyone there.
Rachel Kushner
I really can't complain about actresses who get paid to be dumb. Most of us can't get paid to be smart.
Aaron Allston
More money means litigating, more player-hating. Got a cell at the pen, for me waiting. Is this my fate?
Tupac Shakur
If we care about family stability, if we care about community stability, then we need fewer evictions.
Matthew Desmond
For a while, I called myself an agnostic, which was me wanting to maintain a connection to the culture I was raised in while also undercutting a lot of the beliefs I had.
Lucy Dacus
We have met the Devil of Information Overload and his impish underlings, the computer virus, the busy signal, the dead link, and the PowerPoint presentation.
James Gleick
'My Fair Lady' and Eliza Doolittle will go on long after me, and someone else will step into it for their moment. That's what's so beautiful about revivals: There have been so many interpretations, and we're just giving it what we can.
Lauren Ambrose