Susan Isaacs Quotes
There is no 'right' way to begin a novel, but for me, plot has to wait. The character comes first.
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I am confined to the Lego palate. I don't paint the bricks. I stick with what Lego has made. And the idea behind that is I do want to hopefully inspire kids to go home and create on their own. And if I do, I want them to be able to buy those very same bricks I use. So I don't alter the bricks; I just use what's provided.
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I'd love to play Moon Knight. I don't know if anybody's doing a Moon Knight animated series any time soon.
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I want a future where my children feel safe and appreciated and proud to be who they are. My heart is one with all the Arab Spring heroes, no matter how small they think their role is. I know they believe, like me, that we are working for a world whereby an Arab can live with the other in a respectful and dignified way.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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My hair and my accent are sort of my main assets.
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The same way you can see me sit at a table in a movie and be six different people, the mother and the uncle and all these different things, when I'm in the studio, I can do that, too. I'm not trying to be a recording artist and have a certain type of music for the radio.
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When I grew up, I thought I was Jewish. Now I don't consider myself Jewish. I consider myself a Kabbalist.
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I'm not the girl next door.
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I love to design and remodel houses, from working with the contractors to picking the colours, materials, kitchen and bathroom accessories to finally what furniture goes where.
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I like jazz, rock n' roll, some hip hop - I can't think of any music I don't like.
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The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin.
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I was impressed by the Taj Mahal. A good bit of work, well looked after, worth paying money to see.
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I'll meet listeners who tell me what a great voice I have. But I don't have a great voice for radio. My voice is the utterly normal voice, but sheer repetition has made them think it's OK. Mick Jagger once was asked, 'What makes a hit song? He said, 'Repetition.'
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One thing is for sure: a World Cup without me is nothing to watch.
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The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do.
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I have some amazing fans! They're just so dedicated and so nice and so sweet. I'm, like, no one and I'm just starting out, and these people appreciate your work and it's nice to hear that.
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Cape Town, South Africa, was pretty incredible. That's probably the coolest place I have ever been, and the kiteboarding is insane there. It's so windy, so you can get massive air.
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In a way, my childhood was one long bunch of pages... I read and read and read.
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We've never been as active politically as we have been as artists. But politics always brush up against the arts, oh, about every four years in this country.
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There is nothing wrong with fashion - it should be a beautiful expression of who we are.
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Somehow I took whatever criticism there was very much to heart.
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See failures as learning experiences, not character faults.
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There is no 'right' way to begin a novel, but for me, plot has to wait. The character comes first.
