Stephen Karam Quotes
Writing plays for me is often an act of looking at basement-level fears in terms of where they come from.
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Playing different characters in different films helps keep you excited about what you do. It always seems like a whole new adventure.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.
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Look, all you can do when you find your niche is go with it.
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I beg you, don't use the verb, 'discover', I hate it. What does it mean, that I didn't exist before?
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I've always been happy with my body.
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I've been a bit of an electronics enthusiast and maker for a long time. I actually started the forum called ModRetro. It's an electronics enthusiast community that focuses on modifying vintage game consoles, and it's actually one of the larger game console modification forums on the Internet.
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I try to have fun with the fans, try to have fun.
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I don't think I will go for an arranged marriage, but I am not against arranged marriages.
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I never try to be the poster child for the perfect mother/wife... You prioritize, you do the best you can possibly do, and you don't beat yourself up.
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I love 'Homeland.' I think it's such a well-done, well-acted TV show.
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I am not trying to conform to an unrealistic model of beauty. I am, however, being proactive in being the healthiest I can be.
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If you're not willing to accept the pain real values incur, don't bother going to the trouble of formulating a values statement. You'll be better off without one.
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Grief is the price we pay for love.
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People have decided that career politicians may be part of the problem, not part of the solution.
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When you're an entertainer, it's hard not to compare yourself with the next person's success. But you have to trust your own journey and your strengths and believe in yourself. I think that's the best place to start.
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I wish my mother could have seen the America we’re going to build together. An America, where if you do your part, you reap the rewards. Where we don’t leave anyone out, or anyone behind. An America where a father can tell his daughter: yes, you can be anything you want to be. Even President of the United States.
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Producing never stops. It's 24/7.
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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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When I started really writing fantasy, one of the things I noticed was a real absence of sexuality in the genre at all. And it's such a profound part of the human experience that it's a really big thing to leave out.
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Growing up in Ireland, there never seemed to be the notion that children should be seen and not heard. We all looked forward to mealtimes when we'd sit around the table and talk about our days. Storytelling and long, rambling conversations were considered good things.
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Writing plays for me is often an act of looking at basement-level fears in terms of where they come from.
