Cornelius Plantinga Quotes
The written word Should be clean as bone, Clear as light, Firm as stone. Two words are not As good as one.
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Success is measured in months for me. When my health fails, it will fail quickly. Tumors grow on an exponential curve.
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I was a commercial girl. In drama school, I was a mediocre model occasionally to pick up some extra cash, and because clearly I'm not six feet tall, and I had baby weight, I would mainly just would do promotional stuff.
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So, from a very young age, my mom tells me that I wanted to be Michael J. Fox. I didn't want to be an actor. I just wanted to be Michael J. Fox for awhile. And then, I realized that he was an actor, so I pursued that.
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Guys in slavery sang praises to the Lord to deliver them from bondage.
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Better reality than a dream: if something is real, then it's real and you're not to blame.
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With a male-centric show, the women are usually very two-dimensional.
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Circumstances dictate your set of values, your set of morals.
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My daughter wants to do yoga with me and wants to be in the theater thing, and I can't tell her, 'Don't be an actress.' My son loves guitar and loves to be in a band and wants his iTunes downloaded with all this old-school hip-hop so he understands where hip-hop came from.
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When you're a fighter, and you're not doing good in your work, that happens - you lost the fight.
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Death by hanging...I deserved it and I expected it, as I've always told you. I am glad that I have had the chance to defend myself and to think things over in the last few months.
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I think as long as you're being creative and finding your own work interesting, that's all that matters.
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If our opinions rest upon solid ground, those who attack them do not make us angry, but themselves ridiculous.
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i'm in a muddle about a lot of things -- i've just discovered that i've a mind, and i'm starting to read" "read what?" "everything. i have to pick and choose, of course, but mostly things that make me think.
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Travel, which had once charmed him, seemed, at length, unendurable, a business of color without substance, a phantom chase after his own dream's shadow.
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Making is always a slightly hopeful thing because once you've made something, it'll - the world will be different.
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I really like how the sixth book is going. A lot happens in the sixth book and a lot of questions are answered. I really have a sense that we are nearly there and it is time for answers, not more questions and clues, although obviously there are a few clues as I am not quite finished yet.
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Often, the disparities in the ways men and women are treated are subtle; there are not these clear barriers that you have to break down.
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I'm aware that, from the outside, this looks like I've got quite an ego.
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With a clear mind that is reinforcing positivity back into myself and my craft, I am able to focus my energy on the task at hand and enjoy my experiences and day.
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I've been saying for years that readers want inexpensive ebooks.
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I like meeting directors. It can be helpful because sometimes when you meet filmmakers you find out if you like them and if they like you, and that is important in terms of considering a role. Choosing a role is all about whether I relate to the role and the story really. That's the criteria.
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I suppose it's nice that I've made films that some people have heard of and respect. That's great. And it's certainly helpful in some regards, but they're really tough economic prospects. They always have been, and that's not necessarily getting any better. And not just the films, but it's also been a rough 10 years for that independent film market. And so I have stumbled onto this point in the timeline where the kind of stuff that I'm trying to do is not... it was a lot easier to know what to do with it 20 years ago.
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The written word Should be clean as bone, Clear as light, Firm as stone. Two words are not As good as one.
