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 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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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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Continue to speak out against all forms of injustice to yourselves and others, and you will set a mighty example for your children and for future generations.
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None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and Vertue.
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In this society, if a man is called a woman, that's the biggest insult he could get. Is that because women are considered something less?
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You always feel like a hack and a fraud when you're writing. It's just how it goes.
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Domesticity is the enemy of art. I don't know if that's true. You can write good happy songs. So, I don't think it's necessarily happiness. But I think self-satisfaction is maybe the enemy. It's kind of better to think, "Tomorrow night I'm gonna sing it better." There is this forward effort. It feels to me right, it feels human.
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You do not have to dramatize everything. In fact, you usually can't, not without ending up with a half-million-word novel.
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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.
