Gail Tsukiyama Quotes
Success is not handed to you. You must work hard for it and you must never dishonor what you’ve achieved.
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Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.
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There are no sacred and unsacred places; there are only sacred and desecrated places. My belief is that the world and our life in it are conditional gifts.
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It's just incredible how people come up to me and say, 'Gabby, you inspire me to do anything I can set my mind to.' It's truly an honor.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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I think you can say anybody uses anything as a gimmick. Is Adele's not having gimmicks her gimmick? It's hard to say, isn't it? Really, I think that everybody has something that people like or that's great about them.
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I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
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It wasn't until the first season ended that I went to my first Star Trek convention. It was in Denver. There were two and a half thousand people there.
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I really don't believe in magic.
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You don't drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.
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I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
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I was given the task of I.P.L. Chairmanship which I tried to perform to the best of my abilities. The tournament was organised well despite all the controversies. The stadiums were jam-packed, which proved that I.P.L. was still popular.
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I'd love to meet the right girl and have a family. I'm very broody.
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I don't think that attorneys should be in any way running for governor.
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I worked at a local television station and I got a chance to direct and do all those things - worked kiddie shows, Ranger House show with the hand puppets and things like that.
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The experience and behavior that gets labeled schizophrenic is a special strategy that a person invents in order to live in an unlivable situation.
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My daughter is, of course, perfect. Everyone's child is, but mine really is perfect. But I could not have raised her without my parents. From the time she was seven months until now, I have been a single parent.
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We live on a planet that is amazing, beautiful, and full of wonder but not protected from powerful destructive forces of nature. We are capable of doing wonderful and selfless things but also self-absorbed and harmful things. This is the world we live in.
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The key to America's economic future is educating kids as early in their lives as we can.
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I never choose jobs because of what I think I should do. I want to feel something. And with 'Beast,' it was very much like that.
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Listen to great storytellers; slowly, you will learn about voice, timing, tension, structure, climax - all the things you need to tell stories that will capture the imagination of your audience.
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I've always been a fan of 'Beat It,' 'You Rock My World,' and 'Smooth Criminal.'
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I think novels - or any art form - can have a powerful impact on people's perceptions of race, particularly if they draw attention to the absurd inconsistencies and stereotypes we all carry around with us and don't want to think about.
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Ideas are somewhat like babies-they are born small, immature, and shapeless. They are promise rather than fulfillment. In the innovative company executives do not say, 'This is a damn-fool idea.' Instead they ask, 'What would be needed to make this embryonic, half-baked, foolish idea into something that makes sense, that is an opportunity for us?'
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Success is not handed to you. You must work hard for it and you must never dishonor what you’ve achieved.
