Cecily von Ziegesar (Cecily Brooke von Ziegesar) Quotes
You know when you see a gorgeous boy on the street and you say to your friend, "Look at him!" and then your friend makes a face like, ugly? We all have such totally varied tastes that someone is going to look at you and think, yum-yum dee-lish, no matter what you think you look like. You just have to learn to see what they see.
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A lot of actors in my age bracket look at being still standing as pretty good.
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At one time, I was persuaded to want to make music, and people answered me that that was not possible.
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Travel, of course, narrows the mind.
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But I love the hot sweat. I think overheating onstage is invigorating. It's better than being comfortable. I think being comfortable is the death of a show.
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When you come right down to it, I guess I really am pretty bland.
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Jealousy is an emotion. It doesn't have to make sense. In fact, it usually doesn't.
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Europe was the major surprise for the month.
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To me, money is a commodity that a person must have to function, not a goal in itself.
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Notable American Women is a weird nougat of a book that suggests Coetzee, Kafka, Beckett, Barthelme, O'Brien, Orwell, Paley, Borges-and none of them exactly. Finally you just have to chew it for its own private juice.
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Because of such conjointedness, behavior that exerts no effect whatsoever on outcomes is developed and consistently performed.
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Reality is an illusion created by a lack of alcohol.
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The earth becomes heaven when you release your fear. The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.
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I've never seen a postcard of my work in a museum.
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I am going to be able to present to the incoming administration a country that is stronger. A federal government that is working better and more efficiently. A national security apparatus that is both more effective and truer to our values. Energy policies that are resulting in not just less pollution, but also more jobs.
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I think 'War Eternal' - if I'm allowed to say it - for me, it's a masterpiece.
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I'm the kind of person who would rather get my hopes up really high and watch them get dashed to pieces than wisely keep my expectations at bay and hope they are exceeded. This quality has made me a needy and theatrical friend, but has given me a spectacularly dramatic emotional life.
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I want to look at my audience and see all walks of life. I want to do something for everybody.
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You know when you see a gorgeous boy on the street and you say to your friend, "Look at him!" and then your friend makes a face like, ugly? We all have such totally varied tastes that someone is going to look at you and think, yum-yum dee-lish, no matter what you think you look like. You just have to learn to see what they see.
