Carolyn Hax (Carolyn Hanley Hax) Quotes
Awkwardness is when there's a risk of a perception gap between what you mean and what you appear to mean.
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Talking to other people who make low-budget movies, everyone kind of has the same struggle.
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Millions of people gave their lives fighting fascism and imperialism, but Pearl Harbor was the event that forever changed the course of human history.
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I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher right away and became an instant bestseller. One male critic called it the most shocking book he ever read.
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For 'Iron Man' I had to improv with Robert Downey Jr., which is like going up against LeBron in basketball. At one point he stopped and said, 'Can we give a round of applause to Olivia, because she's rocking it right now.'
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I'd grown up an athletic child, a competitive soccer player since age 4, with stints ranging from months to years in gymnastics, softball, volleyball.
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Unfortunately there is nothing more inane than an Easter carol. It is a religious perversion of the activity of Spring in our blood.
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It's not going to stop until 'we' stop it. And it's not just white man that's doing this to Brenda. It's not just white man that's keeping us trapped. It's 'black.' And we have to find the new African in everybody... But before we can be African, we gotta be black first.
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I remember my brother Nash had just directed me in 'The Square,' and I was sitting in Australia going: 'No one's called me about working for ages. I don't know if I'm ever going to get another job.'
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Sometimes people will approach me on the street and ask me very personal questions about my dating life. Fans talk to me like they know me, and it's like, 'You don't know me. You know my character, but you really don't know me.'
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You're always concerned for your character. You should be.
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I feel like I came to acting late in a way.
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Toy companies aren't interested in ideology, they want to sell toys. If they would sell a toy that both boys and girls would buy, it doubles profits.
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There's always going to be somebody that you consider maybe more beautiful. But nine times out of ten here in L.A., that beauty isn't home grown. It's usually manufactured. It sort of encourages me to work more within myself because I think that's not what appeals to me. Plastic and tons of makeup.
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I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to promote myself. These days there's far more pressure to make a mark, so the temptation is to make adventure television or personality shows. I hope the more didactic approach won't be lost.
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Bling is passe, and I like my style to reflect just that. Ruthless editing defines true style perfectly.
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One of the favorite tricks of the Democrats is to try to get the Republicans to pass over their strongest candidate and nominate instead a candidate who will be easy to beat.
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'Psycho' is fascinating philosophically, because the point of 'Psycho' is that everything that's bad happens because of love.
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But I do believe in the paranormal, that there are things our brains just can't understand.
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"Cyberspace is everting." It's interpenetrating our everyday reality to the point that on-line is our normal waking state.
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Sometimes we get so afraid of hitting bad shots making bad pitches, we don't let ourselves hit pitch good ones.
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A disciple is a disciple maker.
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The older you get, the more power you have with language as a writer, which means that you have to be extra responsible for what you say, whether it's in print or in front of a microphone, because those words can go out and kill or go out and plant seeds for peace.
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Awkwardness is when there's a risk of a perception gap between what you mean and what you appear to mean.
