Caroline Adams Miller Quotes
Nobody did get better in the 1970's and 80's. All we knew was that people died… There was a collective silence and hopelessness around this disorder.
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Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
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Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
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I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up.
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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If I could look like anyone, it would be Jamie Redknapp - even up close, he's amazing.
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I told myself, 'I am teaching entrepreneurship, so I should be an entrepreneur myself.'
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In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.
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If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And I'd despise the one who gave up.
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A democracy thrives on diversity. Tyranny oppresses it.
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I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold such great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realize that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation.
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I'm fascinated by sports, the buzz of winning, and the buzz of losing.
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When I was a kid, it was a huge insult to be a geek. Now it's a point of pride in a weird way.
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Acting is a form of confession.
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I realized I had a novel on my hands, but didn't know where it was going to go. So I thought, 'I'm going to do everything that you're not supposed to do when you plan a novel; I'm going to step back and let this thing take itself wherever it wants to go, and I'm not going to worry about how things connect until later on.'
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I feel like I'm quite versatile. I want to do lots of different styles.
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I think one of the reasons that I got so good at it, as somebody making radio stories, is that on the radio I can actually - I can understand what's happening in the interview and can make a connection in a way that makes sense.
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If a man lets all of my dogs sleep in the bed with us, then that is the most romantic thing. You must love my dogs in order to love me. A man who is nice to my animals and doesn't shoo them away - well, that's the height of romance.
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I have two rules for a great book: make me think and make me smile.
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I think there's blame on both sides, you look at, you look at both sides, I think there's blame on both side, and I have no doubt about it, and you don't have any doubt about it either.
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Americans are xenophobic, they will believe their own people rather than the adversary, even a friendly enemy voice.
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I've gotten to work with people like Kristin Chenoweth and Chita Rivera... Seeing their process is so interesting. Seeing that these people aren't immortal - that they go through the same motions as we do and ask for feedback and break down scenes... They have to work, too, and that's really exciting to see.
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My concept of an advice giver had been a therapist or a know-it-all, and then I realized nobody listens to the know-it-alls. You turn to the people you know, the friend who has been in the thick of it or messed up - and I'm that person for sure.
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The trajectory started when I was on the roof of our house looking out at a swamp when I was 19. I had written for several years, starting at about 15, but that day on the roof I took my vows and acknowledged my calling.
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Nobody did get better in the 1970's and 80's. All we knew was that people died… There was a collective silence and hopelessness around this disorder.
