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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You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.
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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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All living languages are promiscuous. We promiscuous speakers shamelessly shoplift words, plucking bons mots and phrases from any tempting language. We wear these words when we wish to be more formal, more elegant, more mysterious, worldly, precise, vague.
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I wish to be appreciated not only as a film star but also for the person I am. If I manage to bring a smile on people's faces, then I think I'll be successful.
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My wife's an Australian and a very competitive lady, and she wants to sail in Sydney-Hobart. I say, 'We have the boat, do as you wish.' I'll let her run the show.
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Our aim is to appeal to reason. … Prayer is not one of our remedies; it depends on what one is praying for. We consider prayer nothing more than a fervent wish; consequently the merit and worth of a prayer depend upon what the fervent wish is.
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I love my wife and I vow again to stand by her through any trial or tribulation.
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The young see what they wish to see. The old see what they do not wish.
