Sally Schneider Quotes
This book is pointing the way into it for people that see it as daunting or a mystery. Some people just do it, but others need help with the mindset, permission almost to listen to themselves. Understanding how things work is the key.
Quotes to Explore
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I still can't believe it when people say I am a celebrity.
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A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
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I know some black actresses who have to wait every 19 films for a role. I can be cast in practically every one as a young white male.
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A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
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Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.
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If you seek my help and guidance, I will immediately give it to you.
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Success is not like a cake that needs to be divided. It's more like a heap of stones - a cairn. If someone is successful, they add a stone to the cairn. It gets very high and can be seen from all over the world. That's how I see it.
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If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that.
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It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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I'm not always angry. In fact, I think I usually go out of my way to try to find roles that don't seem to be like me.
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With a focus on records and making money, you tend to miss a good story.
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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I try to play serious scenes a little funny and the comedy a little serious.
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The people of Iran have had to endure repressive laws that have stifled their freedom of speech and religion for too long.
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Both villains and heroes need to have a steadfast belief in themselves.
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The idea of collaborating with anyone else was quite daunting. If Battles had any trepidation in asking me, I can assure you I had more after agreeing to do it.
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Tom Ford once told me that he found French women sexier than American ones. He said, 'Americans are too clean...' I took no offense.
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At first we will only skim the surface of the earth like young starlings, but soon, emboldened by practice and experience, we will spring into the air with the impetuousness of the eagle, diverting ourselves by watching the childish behavior of the little men or awling miserably around on the earth below us.
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I'm not better than other politicians, but I'm different because I got into the game much later in life, after I had raised a family, after I had written a book, after I had been a successful lawyer. It's different when you get into this business after you've led a full life. I don't want to be a big man. I know who I am.
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Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power.
Garry Kasparov -
Since I quit banking, all my major life decisions, when they could, have revolved around writing.
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This book is pointing the way into it for people that see it as daunting or a mystery. Some people just do it, but others need help with the mindset, permission almost to listen to themselves. Understanding how things work is the key.
