Alan Menken Quotes
If you're writing for yourself as an artist, you are always pulling on your own experiences.
Quotes to Explore
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I love a real-life, movie moment in living color.
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I am a woman of the 21st Century who is self-assured and speaks my mind.
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What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.
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If an organization values innovation, you can assume it's safe to speak up with new ideas, leaders will listen, and your voice matters.
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I think confidence does come with time, and I've been really surprised by that, actually.
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My father was dark skinned because he was Tatar. Sometimes Tatars can look Brazilian.
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Democracy is constructed like an edifice, freedom by freedom, right by right, until it reaches its snapping point.
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Sleeping is forbidden at the age of 22. It's all work and no play.
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Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine.
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When you're shooting you go to references in your mind. You think about how you should stand in these particular clothes, or how you should move. You think about the different characters you're playing, really.
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If a big number of young pupils felt secularism was an attack on them, it was because the term had been misused and deformed in the public debate for years by the extreme-right and the right as an attack on Islam. The term had often been misused to point out how Muslims were different to others, and that is clearly problematic.
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Ironically, I wouldn't say I'm a massive horror fan. I love thrillers.
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'That narrow window, I expect, Serves but to let the dusk in - ' 'But please,' said I, 'to recollect 'Twas fashioned by an architect Who pinned his faith on Ruskin!'
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I'm going to get a pair of wire-snips, and I've also started a new campaign to have blank CDs on jukeboxes so you can play the silence.
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The last thing the NFL wants to do is make problems for the colleges.
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I go through my day remembering things like telephone cords.
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Style has become a crucial differentiating factor for most actors in the industry. I generally choose my look based on the character I essay. I research a lot on the Internet and pick something that would suit my face.
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The first theater subscription I ever bought was the August Wilson season at Signature. I remember thinking a whole season to one playwright was a great way for a master to do a victory lap.
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The character of Johnny Drama was a lot of fun to play.
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If you fail the first time that's just a chance to start over again.
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The key to heaven's gate cannot be duplicated.
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I thought I would reflect here on a theme most scientists enjoy recalling: the part luck played in their accomplishments.
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I'm very concerned for the future of the earth and its amazing creatures. We've got to be careful and make sure we don't foul our own nest.
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If you're writing for yourself as an artist, you are always pulling on your own experiences.
