Nora Raleigh Baskin Quotes
When I write, I can be heard. And known. But nobody has to look at me. Nobody has to see me at all.
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My works look to how images are produced, but specially based upon how the material reacts.
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I like to have interesting things to write about. And when one says something is 'interesting,' one almost always means 'bad.'
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If you look closely at 'Breaking Bad' and any given episode of 'The X Files,' you will realise the structure is exactly the same.
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Most vegetarians look so much like the food they eat that they can be classified as cannibals.
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If I see someone doing a new sport, I usually like to throw myself into it, and I never look at it and think, 'That's something I can't do.'
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And I guess I have a face and a look that sort of lends itself to period costume!
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I would like to write a movie and, if it wasn't too crazy, also direct.
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It's too bad I'm not a flirt. When I'm on the sets, I'm too busy working on my scenes to look at the ladies.
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Life's a bit like mountaineering - never look down.
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The best way to begin is to say: Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look at his paintings.
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I write romance because I love to read romance.
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Look, I've always said from the word go many years ago that I felt the whole bonus culture, they need to think very carefully about being detached from the rest of the British public.
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Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule.
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But who cares? I can honestly look back and realize that everything happened for a reason. Everything that fell apart has fallen back into place beautifully and magically.
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Being on Disney, a lot of young people look up to me.
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You can always tell an actor by the bored look in their eye whenever someone else is talking.
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I was a hired drummer for 3 Doors; there wasn't an opportunity for me to write.
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Geniuses come in many shapes and colors, and they often run in packs. If you can find one, it may lead you to others. Collaborate with geniuses. Send them your spells. Look carefully at theirs. What could you do together? Combination is creation.
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I finished 'America America,' and I knew I had to write another book, not just for personal reasons but because I had a contract.
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There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
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It's weird because my parents don't really understand my business. I get fan mail all day long, but if a piece happens to get to their house, they're like, 'Oh, my God, you've got a fan! You have to write them back. You have to do it!'
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Anything is bearable if you can fight it, but if you must sit back and take it… That breaks you in a way I can’t explain.”
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To know a people's character, we must see it at its homes, and look chiefly to the humbler abodes where that portion of the people dwells which makes the broad basis of the national prosperity.
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When I write, I can be heard. And known. But nobody has to look at me. Nobody has to see me at all.
