Cynthia Leigh Wilson Quotes
It's incredible to have people come up to you and tell you that you changed their life when their life was really, really dark. That you brought some light in. You also learn that it's OK to be a weirdo and not follow the rules.
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In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss.
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There can be no literary equivalent to truth.
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There are a lot of female directors in documentary, very talented. But it's always lower budget.
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The prevalence of mobile homes does not correspond with the prevalence of poverty, or with much of anything else. All that can be confidently said about America's mobile homes is that they are massed in places where you wouldn't want to be in one. Florida's mobile homes lie athwart the path of hurricanes. Georgia's are in the way of tornadoes.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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You have no ability, if you're a financial institution and you're threatened with criminal prosecution, you have no ability to negotiate.
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I just butcher a book. Everything I underline I assume is important to me.
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The first song I wrote was called 'Here I Go Falling In Love' I wrote it in the sixth grade.
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In business, every phase of things counts. Companies that just yell out a low price today to win business aren't going to make money in the long term.
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Thriller novelists get asked - berated, sometimes - about whether their work glorifies bad behavior, even, exploits human tragedy for entertainment.
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TV's been good to me.
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It's funny. Of all the jobs I've been ambitious for, this is one that never crossed my mind.
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I begin with the premise that behavior is an incredibly important element in medicine. People's habits, their willingness to quit smoking, their willingness to take steps to avoid transmission of HIV, are all behavioral questions.
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As long as you're having fun, that's the key. The moment it becomes a grind, it's over.
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McCain is the kid who was really cool in middle school but never got high school game and people are sick of him acting like he's still popular.
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With 'That Awkward Moment', you could argue I'm just playing the girlfriend of Zac Efron, but the director was such a creative force and let me make her my own. I loved being part of something that felt so relevant and fresh.
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What remains constant for me, during the last 15 years, has been the conviction that the cold war was a calamity for the entire world, and that it can be justified by no consideration of theory, nor by any supposed national interest.
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If you become a teacher, by your pupils you'll be taught.
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Modeling is really silent acting.
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In any broth, the scum always rises to the top.
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It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!
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I write larger than life. It's what I do.
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George Martin is an incredible writer.
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It's incredible to have people come up to you and tell you that you changed their life when their life was really, really dark. That you brought some light in. You also learn that it's OK to be a weirdo and not follow the rules.
