Zoë Heller (Zoë Kate Hinde Heller) Quotes
It's hard to resist the magical thinking that the work habits of great writers are the key to their greatness.
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I don't understand it. Jack will spend any amount of money to buy votes but he balks at investing a thousand dollars in a beautiful painting.
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For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
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I don't know whether the universe contains any evidence of intelligent design, but I can assure you that thousands of everyday products do not.
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I was at a ballpark as much as I was in school. I was on a basketball court or football field as much as I was in school, so I definitely was receiving mentorship when it came to coaches, my father, my grandfather, and my uncles.
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I had written in another draft a completely different kind of fight, but they said they couldn't afford to shoot it. They needed a fight scene, though, so I was told to put a fight scene in, but not the one I had written.
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Economic growth is important. But we cannot count on economic growth alone to fund the public education system our children need and deserve.
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I was always very independent and looked out for myself. I think that ability really helped me in later years both in sports and in theatre.
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I hate the fact that people think 'compromise' is a dirty word.
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Technology has changed things, same as everywhere. But the economy has changed drastically. When Jamaica first won independence, our dollar was stronger than the U.S. dollar. Now ours is about 90 to one. That's had a big impact on crime and poverty.
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Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.
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There's something about the darkness that I find unavoidably intoxicating. The knowledge that other people are sleeping and, therefore, unavailable to ruin my solitude, makes me more peaceful than I am during the day.
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For makeup, I swear by a base of Embryolisse, Nars concealer, that Bobbie Brown foundation stick, Pat's highlighter, a brow fill-in with dark brown eyeshadow and angle brush, a groom with Anastasia brow gel, an eyelash curl, and two swipes of drugstore mascara.
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You can't believe the government - on anything. And you especially can't believe them when they're talking about important stuff.
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Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.
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I watched the Bush administration overreact to the Clinton administration, who believed they did too much nation building, sustaining other countries, and that's why we never put the commitment on Afghanistan and Iraq that should have been in there under their policy leadership.
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The word must be heard in silence; there must be darkness to see the stars.
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When I hear the word Culture I take out my checkbook
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A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
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As an actor, you always want to root for your characters.
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So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.
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Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the mind at the same time. One or the other must dominate. It is your responsibility to make sure that positive emotions constitute the dominating influence of your mind. Here the law of HABIT will come to your aid. Form the habit of applying and using the positive emotions! Eventually, they will dominate your mind so completely, that the negatives cannot enter it.
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There can be no greatness in things. Things cannot be great. The only greatness is unselfish love.
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It's hard to resist the magical thinking that the work habits of great writers are the key to their greatness.
