Nancy Meyers Quotes
I've always been blessed with confidence. I am a glass-half-full person. My first movie, 'Private Benjamin,' got turned down by every studio until the very last one, but I just kept thinking, 'Why are you people not seeing that this is a hit movie? What is wrong with you?'
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This identity, this mind, this particular cast of speech, is nearly over.
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Origin stories are really important to me. I just like that sort of stuff and I feel like it makes a lot of sense to the guys, who they are. If you don't have that stuff, it's kind of a one dimensional version of it.
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Dark chocolate, and salt and vinegar chips are my weakness - but not together.
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Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career.
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I'm tired of the speculation about my personal life.
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Anyone should be able to read comics.
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Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.
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We don't have one of those houses where there's a rope that separates the kids' area from the adult area. There's a happy medium. It's all about fabric choices, accessories.
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I don't have a favorite song that I've written. But I do have a favorite song: 'Always on My Mind,' the Willie Nelson version. If I could sing it like he do, I would sing it every night. I like the story it tells.
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I thought it was quite vain to say, I want to be a model.
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Pregnancy is something that I always love. It's about hope and the future and a new baby.
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I don't have anything interesting to conceal or reveal in my private life, and it is really only my work and professional life that I want to talk about.
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Project Xanadu is essentially my trademark. It was originally, and has returned to my arms as that.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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God is the King. In him exists all legal authority.
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So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash.
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The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself.
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You didn't hear anything about 'Celtic Pride' when they had Sidney Wicks and Curtis Rowe and they were only winning 32 games a year.
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We come from Second City where you're taught if you make your fellow stage partner look good, that makes you look good.
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I take the time to show up for people in my field who are often not seen and heard in the same capacity as I am. Applauding other women and queer writers of color enables me to recognize and showcase the abundance of talent and work being created.
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Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.
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For me, writing about hotels is like writing about being in a parallel universe. The sense of voyeurism, and the sense of removedness, and there are all these people silently above you and next to you.
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As a father, I believe that involving children in sports at a young age is generally, a wise proposition. I believe that healthy competition is... well... healthy; that sporting events foster a spirit of teamwork that far surpasses the events themselves; and that active participation keeps children moving and is good for their self-esteem.
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I've always been blessed with confidence. I am a glass-half-full person. My first movie, 'Private Benjamin,' got turned down by every studio until the very last one, but I just kept thinking, 'Why are you people not seeing that this is a hit movie? What is wrong with you?'
