Catherine the Great Quotes
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In the Gulf War, U.S. Marine Corps wheeled vehicles were killing Iraqi T-72 tanks.
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I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls.
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I guess I've always been really attracted to period pieces and always felt visually I was probably more made for the '50s or the early '60s than I am for a modern day.
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I don't get hung up a lot on angst.
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Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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My parents wouldn't have sent me out into the world with wool over my eyes. You have to be aware, or you'll be swallowed.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.
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I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.
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You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.
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I don't wanna sound pretentious talking about myself.
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I think there is a real thing going on where writers are feeling more liberated to write with a big canvas because of a demonstrable, continued appetite for long-form storytelling.
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It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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YouTube has become more mature, both as a platform and as a community. So much content has been added in almost every conceivable category that there are no more free passes on just getting there first. I think there are greater expectations for audience participation, the kind of participation that makes a real impact in a show's community.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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The secret to a long-lasting relationship is perpetually imagining the worst. It's a world view tracing back to my Eastern European ancestry and one I draw upon regularly.
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And at that point, I think my experience in covering the subject helped me. I think editors felt comfortable with the idea of me telling this story because I had demonstrated that I know this business pretty well.
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I really saw myself as the quintessential Cinderella. I think that's when I really thought about how I wanted to do something else and get away from all that.
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Some kids go walking in the mountains, but I just went to the cinema. So when I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, even though this wasn't normal for Arab kids or anyone in the town, they were sort of expecting it and were very supportive.
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Every day when I open the mail I encounter a find with a brand-new brew of story and emotion.
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I am one of the people who love the why of things.
