Nora Waln Quotes
Writing is something that I am ever driven to do, and concerning which I am never satisfied.
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I quite like the drama of an encore. I think an encore is for those artists who are inclined to do dramatic gestures, and I certainly would say I am inclined towards them.
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A lot of times, when mother-son or mother-daughter relationships have been put on screen, they tend to trickle towards ugly, and I don't find that totally realistic for the wide swath of us, and it's also not that fun to watch.
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If we're doing a class project, then I'm going to be the one talking and taking the lead. I might not necessarily put all of the work in the project, but I want to help and do as much as I can and get everyone going in the right direction.
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Most of Google's home technologies have failed to catch on in a major way.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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I was a very physical child... I was a tree-climber; I was a tomboy.
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Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
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We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
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There is a profound difference between information and meaning.
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I'm not an artist that makes singles, I'm an artist that makes albums, and it's a totally different thing.
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If I could change anything, I would definitely have had a father around. My father. I would definitely say it affected me deeply as a young man, coming up. Who doesn't want a father? Those are the beginnings, and those are what can dictate the roads you choose in life, and choosing them well.
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I think we are all slightly down in the dumps after another loss. We may be in the wrong sign... Venus may be in the wrong juxtaposition with somewhere else.
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I'm proud to have played characters who've inspired people to live out loud, and I'm lucky to have reached an audience that's been incredibly enthusiastic and supportive.
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I was watching 'Pulp Fiction' when we were making 'Now and Then'. I didn't care about 'Now and Then,' you know?
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I have plenty of investments that I wish I'd never made. But the model is to lose money on a lot of investments and then make 1,000X or 10,000X on an investment.
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I have my hands full with my kids and so romance is not high on my list of priorities.
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I want to be someone who is a great representation of a black woman in Hollywood, a black woman in the entertainment industry.
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I think that's how most families are, really. Everyone thinks their family is the craziest family in the world.
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As soon as you take money for playing sport, it isn't sport, it's work.
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You cannot always run at your best.
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for me the most fun of my career is to bring a little bit of irreverence to characters. And, you know, I don't think that the producers were expecting me to be as irreverent as I am.
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Writing a log line helps you define - for yourself - the essential elements of the plot. It will also let you know immediately if major components of the plot are missing.
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Writing is something that I am ever driven to do, and concerning which I am never satisfied.
