Claire Shipman Quotes
Having talent isn't merely about being competent; confidence is actually a part of that talent.
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We have groups that do that, but I can't rap with the mentality of an 18 year old when I'm in my 30's.
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The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.
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First of all, I try to be a positive role model.
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You can mostly forget ethnic or religious differences. The competition for a bigger share of the oil proceeds is behind much of the fighting.
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Getting recognized and doing shoots and signing on partnerships and signing on deals, that's all great, and I'm so appreciative of that, but it's more the reward that's the most satisfying. I know the importance of working hard, and I appreciate pretty much everything that has come my way; I don't take any of it for granted.
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I have invariably been in love when I haven't had the same reciprocated emotion at all. I don't choose to talk about my personal life because I believe that I don't want to, and I believe my personal life is personal.
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It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards.
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I drove across country in my yellow 1970 VW bug (which I drove until 1986) to Los Angeles, having had enough cold weather in 5 years in Ann Arbor, and found a job within a few days.
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I have to protect my family and have a life with them that is completely private.
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I once rode a motorcycle across Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco!
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I don't thrive on stress. I love lying on the deck on our houseboat reading a book.
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Politics exist in the boardroom, as well.
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If anything, game development is even more of a team effort than making a movie, so for individuals to get credit for making a game is absolutely insane.
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The last thing that should happen is funding cut for education; it should be increased. We need to put more money towards education, and anything else is abusive.
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My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.
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If ballots won't work, bullets will.
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If I could live in New York the rest of my life, I absolutely would, but it's also prohibitively expensive and you have to be working. New York is a lot nicer when you have a job.
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For the very young, there's nothing better than Mother Goose and anything by Dr. Seuss for the rhythms and language.
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The library, to me, is the second most sacred physical space on the planet.
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The big gap between the ability of actors is confidence.
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As the power of Christianity declined through the centuries that have followed the Reformation, Calvinism played a less and less important part, while the new philosophies of mechanism and rationalism correspondingly increased.
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What's so dumb is that women are 50 per cent of the population, and they want to spend money to see movies where they're portrayed as three-dimensional characters.
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My optimism has helped me through some hard times. If you try to send out good things, good things come back to you.
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Having talent isn't merely about being competent; confidence is actually a part of that talent.
