Nathan Outteridge Quotes
The strange thing about the Olympics is that delivering on your potential is always quite difficult.
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Whether I do an original film, a dance, or a remake of my dad's hit songs, I have always been compared to him.
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I always watch the work I do.
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My fiance likes drawing on napkins, which I save. I'm always scared I'll get caught taking a linen napkin from a restaurant!
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I want to do my hard dives really well, I want to see what my true potential in this sport really is. I want to grasp that.
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Anytime you hear different things - whether it's trade rumors or people saying you're not living up to your complete potential - you're obviously going to get ticked off about that.
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Marriage happens; it can't be planned. When it has to happen, it will happen. Normally, what we always believe is that however prepared you are, if it's not meant to happen, it won't. And however much we have not planned, it will still happen if it's destined.
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I'm just in love with Burberry. Always have been, always will be.
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Nature can always be more complicated than we imagine.
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I feel like I'm a natural-born playwright, but the prose thing has always mystified me. How to keep it going? How do people do it, for years and years?
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I've always been interested in violence, even as a teenager. I loved 'Helter Skelter' and books like that.
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Developing skills is as important as training. A larger effort is needed to create a skilled workforce with employment potential.
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Journalists always explain that people are mad at them because they tell the truth, which is often unpleasant or uncomfortable to hear. However, they fail in situations where there is more than one truth.
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It's always strange being a kid on the set, because you're treated like an equal when you're working. But then when you break, the other actors go back to their trailers to take naps and drink beer, and I have to, like, go do school.
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I lived near Arthur's Seat when I lived in Edinburgh. It was the perfect playground as a child. I always have a wee run up there when I'm back.
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Instead of assuming that emotional intelligence is always useful, we need to think more carefully about where and when it matters.
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A screenplay is really a blueprint for something that will be filmed. Therefore you must always keep in mind that whatever you write is going to be staged, for real.
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My hands were constantly blistered or bloody; my ears were always ringing. I tore through drumheads and drumsticks like there was no tomorrow.
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It was always fun to skate with Paul Wylie and Paul Martini.
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We don't always get to choose what we love.
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I've been a novelist since 1995 and have had novels in and out of option, and watching that process just made me realize that I have to live by what I teach my students, because I teach screenwriting at Spellman.
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No one wants to hear everything that's in your head. They just want you to live up to what comes out of your mouth.
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Growing up, you'd see Michael Jordan on everything from Gatorade to shoes - everything. Obviously, that's something pretty cool for an athlete to aspire to.
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All I can say is that I am not one of those writers who want 100% of their book in the film. I recognize that film is a different medium and the filmmaker must have the right to bring some new elements to the table, provided the soul of the book is preserved.
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The strange thing about the Olympics is that delivering on your potential is always quite difficult.
