Laura Ziskin Quotes
You know I'm proud that I was able to develop and produce movies that I wanted to make.
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I'm a lot more introspective than one would believe.
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It's like I understand images and some people understand poetry.
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I love the idea of getting up early on Sundays and walking to the market to pick up fresh fruits and vegetables. It's a good way to start my day, and it makes me feel like I've accomplished something before other people are even awake.
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If you don't enjoy it, then putting in the long hours is going to take their toll. If you don't enjoy it, then putting in the long hours is going to take their toll.
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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In the last quarter of the eighteenth century bourgeois Europe needed to emancipate itself from that combination of feudalism and commercial capitalism which we know as mercantilism.
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Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.
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When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.
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When anyone recognizes you on the street, they are always very nice and genuine and excited to meet you.
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My mum always liked poetry, and she had pictures on the wall, so there was this visual stuff around.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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Anytime I get to help the firefighters, I will. I'm real lucky to be in a position to help.
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When I was seven, I asked my mom if I could be on TV, and she said if I really wanted to, I could. I got an agent and booked my first audition.
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The doctrine of original sin claims that all men sinned in Adam; but whether they did or whether it is merely a fact that all men sin does not basically affect the problem of suffering.
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Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.
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I don't want to be competing in a sport where I feel that I'm here not on my talent and my hard work but because of a piece of equipment.
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All too many Muslims fail to grasp Islam, which teaches one to be lenient towards others and to understand their value systems, knowing that these are tolerated by Islam as a religion.
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My parents taught me everything and set me up for life. I owe to them all the things I'm passionate about: music, art, the people I love, my career and family life, the fact that I have children and the way that I raise them.
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One of the problems we're facing is, in my view, that there are no globalized, youth-led, grassroots social movements advocating for democratic culture across Muslim-majority societies.
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High school is a haunted house in April, when seniors act up because the end is near. Even those who hate school sometimes cling to the devil they know. And for the kids who love it, the goodbyes are hard to think about.
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Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'
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Everybody wants to get along with everyone else in the sandbox. I'm that kind of kid, you know what I mean? That will never change about me.
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Mostly I'm proud to be an African-American woman, but I'm glad I have a universal look as well.
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You know I'm proud that I was able to develop and produce movies that I wanted to make.
