Alan Sillitoe Quotes
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It's a lot of work and I also feel like I've done it. I miss comedy. And I also think that, from purely a logistical standpoint, that the day-to-day schedule on a comedy allows you to have a life, much more of a life, than on a drama.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits.
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In the end, I think you really only get as far as you're allowed to get.
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In other times, I could stand here and give this kind of exposition on the beliefs of the Democratic Party and that would be enough. But today that is not enough. People want more.
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I think I've evolved into someone pretty confident - in myself and in my skin.
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I try to work on all aspects of my game, whether it be run, pass. I think you can never stop growing, and I definitely take that mindset. You've just got to keep on grinding.
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There's a side of me that dislikes feminism. I think we surrendered something and women were unable to reveal any kind of vulnerability.
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Japanese people accept that art and commerce will be blended; and, in fact, they are surprised by the rigid and pretentious Western hierarchy of 'high art.'
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If I'm just in dungarees, I don't think I would intimidate anyone.
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I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn.
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I've been recording forever. I'm a watcher. I'm a stalker. I love everything about people. It's always been a passion for me to observe.
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Even now I doubt myself. I don't understand what people hear in my voice. I can't hear it myself, if you know what I mean.
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A people that began to think as citizens rather than subjects might transcend underdevelopment on their own. Inalienable human right is unique in that it needs no superhuman guarantee; no 'fount' except itself. Only servility requires the realm (suggestive word) of illusion. Illusions, of course, cannot be abolished. But they can and must be outgrown.
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People always say, 'Is it tough getting up at four in the morning?' I'm not terrible with that, but the weird thing for me is that I start to feel like a 3-year-old in need of a nap at about 7:30 at night; and, at 9:30, my head is teetering like that.
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I'm kind of a gypsy, so I love living out of a suitcase and going from place to place meeting people.
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Both 'OC' and 'Everwood,' there were people on set where you learned to stay away from them on a bad day.
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People are sitting in traffic longer, and the types of solutions that are needed to relieve that congestion are ones that are paid for by the Highway Trust Fund.
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I love building spaces: architecture, furniture, all of it, probably more than fashion. The development procedure is more tactile. It's about space and form and it's something you can share with other people.
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Storytelling is my true passion.
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Life is what happens when you're doing other things, right?
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My mother taught me to read.
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This is a great time for the 'guerilla marketer.' The days when you used to have to buy expensive TV time and a yellow page ad to get started are gone.
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Whatever people think I am or say I am, that's what I am not.
