Virginia Williams Quotes
It was very clear to me early on that balancing work and family was going to be very important.
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Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.
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Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
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Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial by battle and blood.
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Acting doesn't have to be threadbare misery all the time.
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A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
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I definitely think there's some way to understand how people emotionally feel about somebody, but I don't think data collects it. They're not going to click your bit.ly link or click your TweetMeme retweet every time.
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I grew up in Hollywood during WWII, and my mother was afraid that my father was going to be drafted because she didn't think we were going to be able to live on army pay. She didn't want to have to get a job, so she decided to put me to work, and that's how I got started in the movies.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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Every child deserves to grow up knowing their potential and feeling confident that they won't fall at the first hurdle - that they cope with life's setbacks.
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I always send new writers to 'Writer's Digest Books' line-up of how-to books. I read them all when I was starting out, and they were very helpful.
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A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be regarded as a stable job.
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It's not like my old self – I'm not in character anymore, I'm me. I'm not hiding behind that anymore.
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I don't know where I come from but I'm here now so deal with it.
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I wanted to go to New York and be a stage actress, doing things like Chekhov. None of that happened, and then I went to L.A. and an agent said, 'I think you belong in commercials and TV.' So I did that and got some opportunities that I absolutely love.
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If people in this country think of Africa as a place with kids and flies swarming around their heads, then they won't understand that these people are you and you are them.
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My grandma's the most careful, safe driver in the world. You put her in a rental car, and she's doing doughnuts in the K-Mart parking lot!
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I like a lot of documentaries, I like political movies and political thrillers. But I also like a good action movie. I like a pretty wide range.
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My mother 'gave teas' the way other mothers breathed. Her own mother 'gave teas.' All of their friends 'gave teas,' each involving butter cookies extruded from a metal press and pastel bonbons ordered from See's.
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I think I have it all. But I won't say that the credit for all that goes to me. I think the credit for all that goes to everybody around me. I mean, I have it all because my entire family is so cooperative. I have it all because my children did not whine and cry when I was not there. So, I think it's, you know, in a way, a two-way street.
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It was very clear to me early on that balancing work and family was going to be very important.
