Elizabeth Prentiss Quotes
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As a kid, I was always a tomboy, playing sport and doing martial arts. And I'm pretty opinionated - I've never been told that I'm a weak person.
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With my gift, I can pretty much write a song out of anything.
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I've fondly dreamed of becoming the face of an important brand since I was a child, in the same way that others dream of becoming an astronaut. I dreamed of this as I first and foremost dreamed of becoming an actor and would look up at these huge posters of celebrities while driving along motorways or crossing under bridges.
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I feel like, as a celebrity, I have a responsibility to tell important stories.
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Chefs think about what it's like to make food. Being a scientist in the kitchen is about asking why something works, and how it works.
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I like to think of myself as very loyal, and I love everyone I surround myself with, whether they're friends or girlfriends or whatever.
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I don't suppose there is a more daring or more impudent rascal on earth than a good American beggar. It is always his boast that he has begged an ex-president, or the present one, and he claims to have received benefits from a number of well-known millionaires, actors, and prize-fighters.
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I did 'Mad Men' and I still have people come up to me like, 'Are you actually a lesbian?' Really? Just because I play one on TV? People will think what they're gonna think.
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I try not to punish the audience by making them listen to too much acoustic guitar.
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You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.
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The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed at all.
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In 2010, there was a TED event called Mission Blue held aboard the Lindblad Explorer in the Galapagos as part of the fulfillment of Sylvia Earle's TED wish. I spoke about a new way of exploring the ocean, one that focuses on attracting animals instead of scaring them away.
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I love Judy Garland, Shirley Bassey.
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The Internet really offered a space for me to thrive.
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After all the sacrifice in Afghanistan and Iraq, why do we find ourselves in a more dangerous world?
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Well, you just know, as a writer, I didn't really write one of the five best screenplays of the year. There were lots of brilliant screenplays; I was just one of the lucky ones who got nominated.
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There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.
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I don't like to play above or below people's heads. Basically, I just like to get up in front of a crowd and rip it up.
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Why have your eyes gone into their own room?
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All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But when the men have died in battle and honour, you have leave to be burned in the house, for the men will need it no more. But I am of the House of Erol and not a serving-woman. I can ride and wield blade, and I do not fear either pain or death.
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I'm against a signature look, as that can be very outdating. But having said that, I also know my best qualities, so I'm not going to foolhardily give away my power.
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Well, all the plays that I was trying to write … were plays that would grab an audience by the throat and not release them, rather than presenting an emotion which you could observe and walk away from.
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Duty looks more repelling at a distance than when fairly faced and met.