Dana Spiotta Quotes
That was one of the reasons I became a writer - I never really had that many friends. I would read a lot, and listen to music. And that was my life.
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We must continue building in all corners of the Land of Israel, with determination and without being confused.
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It's so hard for me to kind of fall in love with comedy, but if something comes my way... I mean, I loved 'Weird,' I thought that was a really fun character.
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The first impression that I liked doing was an impression of Cheri Oteri's Barbara Walters impression on 'SNL.' I found that I could mimic that pretty well, and people got a kick out of that.
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The reason I did the book about holidays is that you're a different person on holiday. You're sleeping somewhere unfamiliar, knocking about with people you've never met and for 10 days you're someone else. You're out of your comfortable zone.
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There have been a lot of exercises and I've had to force myself to go out for walks even when I didn't feel like it, but apart from that, I am a lot better.
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I'm probably a natural uncle. I can take the kids out and have fun with them and look after them, and I can be Mr. Popular. But actually having to do the grind? That stuff just doesn't appeal at all.
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When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.
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Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
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Well who's black and what is a black person?
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I do want to lose weight for my children. I don't want them to think being fat is okay.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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Our company sells about five to six million pounds of sausage a year. We sell it retail and to restaurants. We've got all kinds of products.
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Skating is tough to pick up when you are a grown up.
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I'm not going to be a ten or twelve grand-slam winner. It's not going to happen.
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That's what's so great about television. You're able to tell this long story, where you couldn't really do that in a film because you have to tell a story in an hour and a half or two hours.
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I love my career right now, and I won't be with anybody until they make my life as satisfying and as happy as my work makes me.
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I don't normally take to Yorkshiremen.
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I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.
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I am not from a film family or a Mumbai girl. The probability of getting a second chance is low, and so one has to be more careful.
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Sex in the City was a different kind of phenomenon because of the show itself is a phenomenon and to me that's successful because to resonate with women across the board for six years and have only one African-American actor pass through for one episode.
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Acting, and the privilege of being able to do it for a living, is so important to me. I don't turn up and just hope for the best. I really fret about it. I do my homework; I prepare myself for the experience of playing a particular character.
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I was a rugby player, I was a hockey player. You know, I just love to challenge myself, and I love to compete.
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Friends are like a pleasant park where you wish to go; while you may enjoy the flowers, you may not eat them.
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That was one of the reasons I became a writer - I never really had that many friends. I would read a lot, and listen to music. And that was my life.
