Harold Prince Quotes
I don't like abrasion while I'm working. I don't thrive on chaos. I enjoy what I'm doing, and it seems to work better when I am enjoying it.
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Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
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Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor.
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France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.
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I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.
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I like beautiful clothing. I love Bergdorfs.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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On my tombstone, I want written: 'He never did 'Love Boat!'
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A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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I always try to keep one very feminine quality to my style.
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The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves have become so deeply involved in big business.
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I already had high blood pressure. I have hypertension. And I think the chemo was just too much for my kidneys. And they went into failure. And that was September 12th of 2008. And the doctor rushed me right to the hospital.
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I like to get up around 5:30 or six - that's my favorite time of day. My family is still asleep, and the office is still closed, so I can start my day slowly.
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Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
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In 1984, I returned to Newnham College at Cambridge University to teach after completing my Ph.D. there a couple of years earlier. Almost all of my colleagues in the university's classics department were men, and my office at the all-women's college was in the dorm.
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In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you.
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The reason why you know more funny dudes than funny chicks is that dudes are funnier than chicks. If my daughter has a mediocre sense of humor, I'm just gonna tell her, 'Be a staff writer for a sitcom. Because they'll have to hire you, they can't really fire you, and you don't have to produce that much. It'll be awesome.'
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My first book, 'Fast Forward', was about growing up in the shadow of Hollywood and how kids are affected by the culture of materialism and the cult of celebrity, and I've often felt the reason my work has an audience in the U.K. is because it's everything the British love to hate about the Americans.
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I don't know any other columnists, and I don't know what they do. I work the single! And nobody does what I do, anyway.
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I don't like abrasion while I'm working. I don't thrive on chaos. I enjoy what I'm doing, and it seems to work better when I am enjoying it.
