Gail Porter Quotes
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I grew up playing on unprepared surfaces where your wicket depended on quickly adapting to the bounce. As a kid, I could never differentiate off-spin from leg-spin. All I looked to do was to try to hit the ball before it pitched.
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It is what it is, and it ain't nothin' else... Everything is clearly, openly, plainly delivered.
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I think my mission, if I could call it that, as a storyteller is to try and find ways to show how similar we are and not how different we are.
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I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
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I try to have a normal life since I have an abnormal job.
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Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to try to make of surrealism something as solid, complete and classic as the works of museums.
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Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try.
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I feel sorry for these kids in bands. Everything is so disposable nowadays. These kids don't even get 15 minutes of fame, it's like a minute and a half.
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There's nothing worse than a director who feels more like a cop than a comrade, so I try to never give orders or create an environment where it's 'my way or the highway,' because actually allowing talented people to bring their originality and insight always brings more depth and complexity than if everyone has to do what you tell them to!
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I have been desperate to escape for so many years now, it is routine for me to try to escape.
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Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it's not a surprise anymore.
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The look of being too deliberately dressed, with everything cautiously matching, always bores me.
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I've written a lot of really good books. Now we'll see if I can write any more good books. I mean there's a chance I won't, but I'm going to try.
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Everything I make starts very personally.
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I know everything about Michael Jordan.
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Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power.
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I know there is a bounty on my head, such as there is with many other leaders and protesters.
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We need a president who is willing to uphold the law.
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The great thing about fashion is that it always looks forward.
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Batman is basically an ordinary guy who had something tragic happen to him when he was young.
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But getting your party structure right may also be a precondition for getting your policies right.
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I try to cope with everything through humor.
