Bette Lord Quotes
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Any creative process comes with a level of self-analysis and self-criticism. There's a lot of waking up in the middle of the night going, 'Oh, I wish I had done that differently.'
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Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.
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I don't really take a step back too often to see what's going on.
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From when I was young, I wanted to be an action hero. I always dreamed about being an action star. So finally, I made it.
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The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.
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It's fascinating to see actors who do voiceovers every day.
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Go West, young man.
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To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.
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There's no story that breaks, including a five-alarm fire in Brooklyn, that I don't wish I were covering.
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I love being a mom. But there's a certain kind of tedium to your life when your kid is young. Writing allows you to wander when your kid is napping in a crib ten feet away. So that's the great joy of writing fiction for me.
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I'm very punctual. I wish I could change this about myself because most people around me are not.
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I'm not familiar particularly with Hillary Clinton's neighborhood, but I wish people were a little bit more curious about what we call privilege and about why it's there. Black people in this country have no choice but to be curious. We have to know. I wish folks would do a little bit more investigation.
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Young writers should definitely research the current sounds and styles.
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I loved 'Monsoon Wedding' and 'Lunchbox' because they had 'real' stories. I wish there are more films made like them.
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Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.
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You see that it is not at all like Rodin... I share these only with you, don't show them.
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I've been doing my job well for 17 years. People must see something in me. Otherwise, I'd be over and out.
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When I was seven, I wanted to be Esther Williams. I was drummed out of Brownies because I snuck off to the cinema to watch an Esther Williams festival - my greatest wish if I get to Hollywood is to meet her.
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When you have a lot of women in our state that do wear the hijab, we should be able to see that everywhere.
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I wish something on T.V. would trouble me. Then maybe I would watch it.
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The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.
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Recognize that dissenting opinions are useful even when they're wrong, and go out of your way to reward them.
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He just gotta give me that look When he give that look Then the panties comin off off
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The young see what they wish to see. The old see what they do not wish.
