Sacha Gervasi Quotes
I think Alma Reville was the only one Alfred Hitchcock trusted. When it came to issues of taste or what the audience wanted, down to editing, script and casting, he would turn to her first. She was his partner.
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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Do your eye shadow first, then your foundation. That way, you can clean up any mess without starting all over again.
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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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There is still a funny notion that women should not write violent fiction.
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I received free health care.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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I don't really care that much about eating. But I like impressing people with how good a cook I am. So I will cook. I'm an excellent cook. Not many people know that about me.
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The existing U.N. can be found in the writings of early Communist leaders.
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I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
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Rock Hudson wasn't my type. He's a great guy and had a great sense of humor.
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I don't run behind authority.
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There really has not been a strong Republican message to either the poor or the African American community at large.
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I'm a bit of a Libertarian.
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I think I usually have quite ordinary dreams. Sometimes my dreams take me to other dimensions. I can travel in my mind especially when I'm dreaming I focus my mind on what I want to dream. If I want to fly, I focus on flying.
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The feeble soul merely whines and complains.
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I am an academic, and I have always made it clear that my ultimate home is in the realm of ideas.
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In Morocco, for a woman to earn her own living is the essential concern.
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Love... it surrounds every being and extends slowly to embrace all that shall be.
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It's not at all uncommon for a writer to get a ton of publicity for one book and then not get as much for the next one. I don't worry about that because I try to worry about the one single part of the job I can control: the writing of the book. If I do that well, I feel, good tidings generally will follow and readers will stick with me.
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Early in my career, I didn't want to disappoint my colleagues, clients, or family. So I said yes to everything. This ended up raising my stress level and shortchanging everyone else - including myself - because I couldn't give anyone 100 percent of my time, nor could I pay close attention.
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I told my wife the truth. I told her I was seeing a psychiatrist. Then she told me the truth: that she was seeing a psychiatrist, two plumbers, and a bartender.
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I think Alma Reville was the only one Alfred Hitchcock trusted. When it came to issues of taste or what the audience wanted, down to editing, script and casting, he would turn to her first. She was his partner.
