Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Quotes
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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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I'm just so glad that I started acting when I did because I had this wealth of life experience. I don't know if I'd have been able to handle it had I gone out to L.A. at 22.
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The emotive power of hummus all over the Middle East cannot be overstated, being the focus of some serious tribal rivalries.
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The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.
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What moves me in art is how we question who we are as people.
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I got in trouble for saying I would move my family to Europe, but I said it.
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Kotak Mahindra Bank has very significant presence in the West and the North, and our total branch network between these two regions is 80 per cent, and in case of ING Vysya Bank, their network in South is 64 per cent of their total branch network.
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If I thought about it before I went on, I would have never went on. So, therefore, you don't think about it; you have to talk yourself then into, 'Listen, this is it. This is the gig. Broadway or no Broadway, you've got to do your job.'
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It was like the Beatles had arrived, you know. These four elderly ladies, and they were screaming for us-screaming for us. It was wonderful.
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There’s so much goodness there, and such a value placed on education, which is sort of universal among Jews around the world. I appreciate that obviously, to be a part of that.
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For years, Iran has worked to position itself to dominate the entire Middle East and to impose its version of radical Islam on society. It is actively working to destabilize Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq and Syria.
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If you're a misanthrope you stay at home. There are certain writers who really don't like other people. I'm not like that, I don't think.
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Americans are a quarter of a billion people who have almost nothing in common except for the fact they've been told they have lots in common.
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Fashion pictures show people looking glamorous. Travel pictures show a place looking at its best, nothing to do with the reality. In the cookery pages, the food always looks amazing, right? Most of the pictures we consume are propaganda.
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Theatre is one of those things that children will love if they're helped to get there to see it. No child will find his or her own way to the theatre.
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I always favor the hero and heroine from whichever book I've completed most recently. Yes, I'm faithless and fickle!
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I have always loved short stories. I have been at least as influenced by the short story masters as I have been by novelists.
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Learning to fly an airplane taught me a way of thinking, an approach to problem-solving that was applicable and effective. Pilots are very methodical and meticulous, and artists tend not to be.
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Watching great people do what you love is a good way to start learning how to do it yourself.
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So I find every pleasant spot In which we two were wont to meet, The field, the chamber, and the street, For all is dark where thou art not.
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The Constitution favors no racial group - no political or social group.
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Composition can't really be taught, it is a lifelong learning.
