Courtney Milan (Heidi Bond) Quotes
Of all the things I wish for in this world, I want you to find happiness. I suspect you never will have that with me, and I've resigned myself to the matter.”
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If you look at my career, doing albums with Norah Jones, Justin Timberlake, Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne or KRS-One and Jean Grae, I can't be pigeonholed.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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It was unpredictable, good storytelling that brought you back each week.
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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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There's nothing worse than a director who feels more like a cop than a comrade, so I try to never give orders or create an environment where it's 'my way or the highway,' because actually allowing talented people to bring their originality and insight always brings more depth and complexity than if everyone has to do what you tell them to!
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If I ever have children of my own, they will read 'Matilda.' They will watch the movie. And you can bet they will see 'Matilda: The Musical.'
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Don't ever forget two things I'm going to tell you. One, don't believe everything that's written about you. Two, don't pick up too many checks.
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With a mini series you can give the story a proper sense of pacing, a proper sense of closure.
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History, at its best, always tells us as much indirectly about ourselves as it does directly about our predecessors, and it is often most revealing when it deals with episodes and phenomena that we find repulsive.
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Well, actually, I manage a couple of stock portfolios or funds or whatever you want to call 'em, and I think I've done relatively well with them.
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When I walked out on the mound, I felt enclosed. You see, I'd been used to playing on pastures, where when somebody hit a ball you had to stop it from rolling. Well, this field had fences around it.
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Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
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You can tell by the kindness of a dog how a human should be.
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Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it.
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I'll remind you all, however, that for government, existence is a privilege, not a right.
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I think once you're a mother to one, you're a mother to them all.
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You've got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it's not in movie stardom.
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The horses are all characters, all personalities. Some you get along with, some you don't, some might take a bit longer.
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When you come from a family of storytellers, you're doomed. You just have to tell stories.
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I would love to play a regular guy in a family drama.
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I am very strongly paternal. My paternal instincts need to be acted upon. My love needs a release. I love everyone. I don't express my love enough, but the love within me needs a platform as a parent.
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When I was in primary school, my best friend was a boy and we always goofed around, climbed trees, got holes in my trousers and muddied all my tops and things like that; a complete nightmare for the washing, but great fun.
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Of all the things I wish for in this world, I want you to find happiness. I suspect you never will have that with me, and I've resigned myself to the matter.”
