Winifred Holtby Quotes
A sense of humor is so handy, isn't it? It lets you see both sides of a question so that you never need do anything.
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When I produce a movie - and I've produced a number of movies, unlike Arnold - yes, I'm frustrated when the union says you can't do this, you can't work past that hour, you've got to break for lunch. But ultimately, they're right. What they do is for everyone's benefit.
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I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.
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My writing is a very authentic journey of discovery. I'm going out there to learn who I am. My readers, consequently, take the same journey as my protagonist.
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I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, it's hard to get noticed by traditional publishers, but there's a great deal of opportunity out there if you've got the right story.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.
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A designer is like a doctor for a woman. He has a specific job, and if he is doing it well, he will have the gratitude of the woman for the rest of his life.
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People are not perfect... very often the relationships that are strongest are those where people have worked through big crises, but they've had to work through them. So the challenge to us is to work through that.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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'Life as a Dog' is when I really started to feel comfortable, like I had the due north on my compass.
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With Rajoy, there is a taboo topic, which is the aspiration of Catalonia to decide its future.
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My normal life is like being on holiday.
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The challenge in multi-lateral negotiations is not to lose sight of one's over-arching goal in the midst of the cacophony of opinions at the bargaining table.
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I will not promote other people's songs big time. I will just mention that I produced the song to get the credit I think I deserve.
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I'm not in the business of politics.
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I speak the language of television.
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I'm a smoky eye girl. I love playing with eye colors, metallics... fun stuff!
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I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.
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Back when I was a senior in high school in Haughton, LA, I had a chance to go to LSU. Everyone I grew up with adored LSU, including my mom. But I chose to come to Mississippi State because I wanted to start a new tradition instead of perpetuating an established one.
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I know one thing: There are a billion Islamic people in the world today, and there will be about 2 billion by the time we're dead. They're not going to give up their religion.
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There is no time like the present.
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It seems to me a defect in our much famed Constitution, to have to part with an admirable Govt like Ld Salisbury's for no question of any importance or any particular reason, merely on account of the number of votes.
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Division of labor is a justification for sloth.
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No one bothered reading the books and understanding - and again, I'm not being high-falutin' about it - but I think our books are great literature with great metaphors of real life dealing with fears and hopes.
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A sense of humor is so handy, isn't it? It lets you see both sides of a question so that you never need do anything.
