Ellen Schreiber Quotes
I always let the characters guide the stories. They really let me know what they want to say and what action they want to happen.
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I didn't even know I could sing or write songs. I didn't have that education. But people shouldn't think they can look down on someone like me, because I've had the same success as others, sold the same amount of records, if not more. They shouldn't think that because I'm just from 'The X Factor,' I'm not credible or respected as much.
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I've always been fond of acoustic music.
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I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for himself first.
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The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
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The glorification of sisters, mothers as the selfless Indian women who will do 'agni pariksha' and the one who sees her own betterment only in the betterment of their husbands and fathers, that has to stop. It's very regressive.
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Fame, do I like it? No. It has bought a lot for me in my career, but there are a lot of downsides to it. You give up your privacy. I did it to myself but not to my family and friends. You don't ask for it. You just have to live with it.
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You should never feel comfortable. There is something wrong if you are. You should always feel under threat, on the edge of your seat and pushing yourself. Win one and you want to win more. It's never-ending.
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I've been a supporter of green initiatives for years. I've been paying more and more attention to it, you know, with three kids. I thought it was tragic when the Kyoto Protocol was killed by the U.S. It was sort of a call to action.
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Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.
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One should also remember that the U.S. is the biggest exporter of torture weapons in the world, though the U.K. is not far behind in the league table. We never stopped, even under Robin Cook's supposedly ethical foreign policy.
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I just wrapped a new show for Amazon called 'Transparent.'
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And Jesus, the heart of the Christian faith is the wildest, most radical guy you'd ever come across.
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Any political party that includes the word 'democratic' in its name, isn't.
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In the midst of the heartbreak and wreckage of 9-11, the world also witnessed what is America's greatest strength. Firefighters, nurses, police officers, first responders and local residents worked around the clock to rescue and care for those injured.
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Prize that which is best in the universe; and this is that which useth everything and ordereth everything.
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You never hear about good seafood places.
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When you have a stroke, you must talk slowly to be understood, and I've discovered that when I talk slowly, people listen. They think I'm going to say something important!
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My first job was on Broadway. Then I went into the Navy. When I came out of the Navy, I went back to Broadway and a friend of mine, Lauren Bacall, was in Hollywood filming with Humphrey Bogart. She told one of her producers I was great in my play, and he saw it and cast me in 'The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'.
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It was fun. I had a good time in there and learned a lot about myself and where I'm at.
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It is very difficult to hang onto the relics of history.
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Every Christmas people are so nice to me, they think I am Little Tim from A Christmas Story. But I'm not. *smiles*
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Your past mistakes are meant to guide you, not define you.
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I always let the characters guide the stories. They really let me know what they want to say and what action they want to happen.
