Michael Cunningham Quotes
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No one expected me to become a champion.
Fedor Emelianenko -
When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive.
Florynce Kennedy -
The one thing I will never do is become pigeonholed.
Vin Diesel -
Far too many executives have become more concerned with the 'four P's' - pay, perks, power and prestige - rather than making profits for shareholders.
T. Boone Pickens -
As I have got older, I have become easier on myself. It's about realising things can't be perfect.
Harriet Walter -
Ten million dollars after I'd become a star I was deeply in debt.
Sammy Davis, Jr.
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It's a fairly recent thing but I've become very fond of making drinks myself.
Utada Hikaru -
So, I guess motherhood and the threat of not being able to pay my rent inspired me to be a novelist. But as far as what inspired me to be a writer, it's the stories. It sounds very cliched, but the stories rise up and demand to be told. They always have done, long before I became a writer.
Gayle Forman -
If I hadn't been a model, I couldn't have become a movie actress.
Olga Kurylenko -
I love coming of age stories that have struggle.
Aaron Paul -
For me, it's not an option to despair. The question is: what can we do to make someone's life better? Take the unimaginable strides made in places like Bosnia, where I cut my teeth, and Rwanda. Their stories aren't perfect, but I wouldn't have dreamt they could happen in a million years.
Samantha Power -
Without deadlines and restrictions I just tend to become preoccupied with other things.
Val Kilmer
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When I moved to Los Angeles, I figured I'm really going to make an attempt to become a real actor. And when I did that, I thought it was time for me to face my parents and tell them what I did.
Kenneth Choi -
The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.
Friedrich Nietzsche -
We got ourselves into a position to win the game and we let ourselves down again. It's not good enough.
Eddie Charles Jones -
I love telling stories about people that don't normally get written about. It's a different kind of life here. This is a movie from the heart, and it's a little different from the normal movies you'll see.
Cameron Crowe -
I haven't left my house in days. I watch the news channels incessantly. All the news stories are about the election; all the commercials are Viagra and Cialis. Election, erection, election, erection! Either way we're screwed!
Bette Midler -
Stories don’t always have happy endings.
Patrick Ness
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Every story teaches me how to write it. Unfortunately, it doesn't teach me how to write the next one.
Eudora Welty -
Intelligence collection has been given an additional bureaucracy to correct the problems created by too much bureaucracy in intelligence collection.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Everything that an artist does is a risk. Some people want you to stay the same. If you want to evolve, they want to keep you in a certain place.
Gloria Estefan Miami Sound Machine -
Discrimination and bigotry have no place in our society, and I believe Senator (Rick) Santorum's unfortunate remarks undermine Republican principles of inclusion and opportunity.
Olympia Snowe -
we become the stories we tell ourselves
Michael Cunningham