Dana Spiotta Quotes
I don't have a lot of skills, but one thing I can do is, I can compartmentalize. I can make that a little world that I can go back to, so I can be a waitress, or I can be a teacher, and then go and work on my book.

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I do focus my energy on music, but it's just the way that the industry works. I kind of have to take what I can get when it comes to acting and show up so they'll hire me. And music I get to do when I have time. It's not that I focus less, it's just the way it works.
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The day I finished 'Twilight,' I came home and started bulking up. For 'New Moon,' I'm 30 pounds heavier than I was in 'Twilight.'
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I am telling you, if you ever wanted an ego boost, leave your job and then, six months later, come back for a day. People will treat you like you're a princess.
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My dad has totally taken my Cat Stevens T-shirt, but it's OK; I have his Black Flag one, and that's amazing.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.
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A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
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Though teenagers are generally very interested in sports, they must realise that education is the most important thing in their lives. They must find the right balance.
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I'm not politically correct.
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If the reporter has killed our imagination with his truth, he threatens our life with his lies.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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There was a time I desperately needed for the world to know that I was no category guy. My whole goal in life was to reach that certain success where people will say, 'Hey, that guy can do anything. He's the Evel Knievel of music. He's jumping over 15 buses!'
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I have always found photography magical, and became more taken with it whilst modeling.
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The Bay of Bengal is hit frequently by cyclones. The months of November and May, in particular, are dangerous in this regard.
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Well, after the divorce, I went home and turned all the lights on!
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If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date.
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Dating is a numbers game. What we try to promise is good first dates. Once that first date happens, it's really up to you.
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The city has to do what any citizen or family does, when you have a dream. You tighten your belt. You sacrifice some luxuries. Above all, you don't waste a dime.
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Sometimes as a parent, you have to give your child that doesn't do his or her chores some tough love and withhold the allowance.
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In my younger years my dedication may have expressed itself egotistically.
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I joke that I only play in World Cups.
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You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulder. It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you.
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A person who does not concern himself with politics has already made the political choice he was so anxious to spare himself: he is serving the ruling party.
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I don't have a lot of skills, but one thing I can do is, I can compartmentalize. I can make that a little world that I can go back to, so I can be a waitress, or I can be a teacher, and then go and work on my book.