Renata Adler Quotes
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God is not something I think about but something I experience as an energy, a Presence. I do find it easier to pray to a female Presence or an androgynous Presence.
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I'm amused when Congress tries to place the blame on somebody but never themselves. I've never heard any of them ever say, 'I've made a mistake.' I do. I say I called it wrong. But they just try to find somebody to blame.
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I gambled and I lost. I failed in securing my options for this choice for myself, but I succeeded in verifying the Dark Age is still with us.
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I'm a believer in home-made recipes and concoctions, so I stick to natural or herbal products as much as I can. I also meditate regularly to de-stress.
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I think it's the actor's job - when you think of being typecast or getting out of the shadow of whatever you've had success in - it's up to you as an actor. The industry will always want to hire you for what you were successful in last and what made money. But you can say no to that and look for other parts.
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I was working like a dog as a housekeeper, barista, nanny, cook, so I could save enough money to really sit with my instruments. Whenever I had 20 minutes, I would practice a new chord or write a new verse.
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The art world was not initially really accepting my kind of work. I was ahead of my time.
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You do good work for a long-enough time, I believed, and you'd get noticed.
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On reason build resolve,that column of true majesty in man.
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‘Yes, my friend,’ he said. ‘It is so easy to be an American - here in Paris! A nasal voice - the chewing gum - the little goatee - the horned-rimmed spectacles - all the appurtenances of the stage American…’
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O light! This is the cry of all the characters of ancient drama brought face to face with their fate. This last resort was ours, too, and I knew it now. In the middle of winter I at last discovered that there was in me an invincible summer.
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I listen to Handel's vocal music, almost exclusively.
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We're real fortunate to have such a unique cast.
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I'm truly, 100% guided by the characters and my Muse. If one of the characters suddenly decided to do something very different, I'd just go with it. It's much easier to let the Muse drive than for me to try to steer.
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It is an understanding with the Great Spirit or Creator that we will follow these ways.
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I have acting technique; I have singing technique; I don't have a writing technique to fall back on.
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As coaches say, it's about finding your role. We're coming together as a team.
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I think anybody can do any of these if they train. I don't recommend it, but anybody could do it if there was a need.
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I'm really interested in mythology and folklore. I'm interested in moralities, why we're here, faith... all of these bigger questions that I think we can place in films that allow us to question and give us a safe place to feel. Those types of questions can pop up in all sorts of different types of films - drama, comedy, action movie.
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Most true points are fine points. There never was a dispute between mortals where both sides hadn't a bit of right.
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Falling asleep is like landing a plane. It takes time. You've got to sort of gradually descend. I think one of the problems with insufficient sleep is people are not very good at predicting how poorly they are doing when they are under-slept.
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I believe in a higher power and I believe in good and bad, right and wrong. You sleep in the bed you make.
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The Internet, as a First Amendment medium, hinges on free expression, and that means free advertising.
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Bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel.
