Carol Rifka Brunt Quotes
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Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.
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Some people say I chastise the Republican Party too much.
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In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.
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You just try to play tough and focus point for point. Sounds so boring, but it's the right thing to do out there.
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I have not intended to denigrate or hurt the beliefs of anyone through my art.
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Major labels didn't start showing up really until they smelled money, and that's all they're ever going to be attracted to is money-that's the business they're in- making money.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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I like Thomas Jefferson, though he intimidated me. I thought he would have been very tough to be around. I don't know if he had such a sense of humor.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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Acting in film, you know, I hear all the time, people say 'You did so much better than I thought you would.' So there's an added element of surprise in film, different than in music.
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I try to just talk about human stories and what I think about religion or teapots or whatever.
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The central premise behind Oslo was that if Arafat were given enough legitimacy, territory, weapons and money, he would use his power to fight terror and make peace with Israel.
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I think of 'Mommy' as very simplistic or not simplistic, but I wish for the style to actually work with what you see onscreen and what you feel in that very moment. I hope we did not disrespect the characters by being too flamboyant when it's not necessary.
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All men ought to think of Christ, because of what Christ will yet do to all men. He shall come again one day to this earth with power and glory, and raise the dead from their graves. All shall come forth at His bidding. Those who would not move when they heard the church-going bell, shall obey the voice of the Archangel and the trump of God.
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In the long run, I believe that honesty is definitely the best policy. One can get away by being dishonest for a short term, but ultimately, honesty is what pays.
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I've been into every doo-wop there is. I think I went to the university of doo-wop-ology.
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By knowing your character so well you can't go wrong. All of us kind of fell into that.
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I am a lifelong Democrat.
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You have to fight against being an antique.
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A woman tries to get all she can out of a man, and a man tries to get all he can into a woman.
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What it takes is to actually write: not to think about it, not to imagine it, not to talk about it, but to actually want to sit down and write. I'm lucky I learned that habit a really long time ago. I credit my mother with that. She was an English teacher, but she was a writer.
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I specialize in early homes, and what I care about the most is renovating a home and taking it back to its original construction idea.
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My mind works in idleness. To do nothing is often my most profitable way.
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Sometimes it feels good to take the long way home.
