Cecelie Berry (Cecelie S. Berry) Quotes
When I was young, I thought confidence could be earned w/ perfection. Now I know that you don't earn it; you claim it.
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I was incredibly determined - I wrote short stories, I wrote the beginnings of novels. I wrote a little children's book and sent it to the editor-in-chief of the children's division of Simon and Schuster and she asked me to write a little children's book for a series she was doing.
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Nothing could be more inappropriate to American literature than its English source since the Americans are not British in sensibility.
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I am a Westerner of Westerners!
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I'd feel guilty just doing gags.
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I tried college and I hated that. I seem to quit everything I do.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.
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I moved into this neighborhood, and I was walking on this beach with my kids, and we came across a sign that said, 'Water's polluted, no swimming.' And I didn't have any answers.
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I would love to have my own fashion line because I love sketching.
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Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms.
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For a long time, I lived in West Hollywood and watched young gay men strolling through life having no idea what came before. They didn't know about the riots at Stonewall, the vice squad, the raids.
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I grew up in a scientific world, the son of a neurosurgeon.
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I think Cate Blanchett is fabulous - she just shines in everything she does - and I'm a big Susan Sarandon fan.
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A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity.
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I guess something people wouldn't expect me to listen to are artists like Alicia Keys. But she is so incredibly talented. She has this huge voice and great work ethic, which I really respect in an artist. She is also very humble and gracious and devoted to her skill.
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Sequels are desperate.
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There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress.
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When all else fails...be a rockstar
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It would be kind of ill to see Rachel McAdams win an Oscar for Spotlight - I don't think people give her credit for her range, she started in a kind of character with younger demographic-aged films and really made a push to be taken more seriously and got a lot of opportunities and knocked it out the park. But I feel like Jennifer Jason Leigh deserves one, maybe not just for Hateful Eight but for [Anomalisa] and everything. Like, I tried to watch Adaption again, that's rough!
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Truman Capote famously claimed to have nearly absolute recall of dialogue and used his prodigious memory as an excuse never to take notes or use a tape recorder, but I suspect his memory claims were just a useful cover to invent dialogue whole cloth.
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I'd like to have a boyfriend in prison so I'd always know where he is.
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While there's capitalism, there'll be socialism, because there is always a response to injustice.
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When I was young, I thought confidence could be earned w/ perfection. Now I know that you don't earn it; you claim it.
