Brooke McEldowney Quotes
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At college, I wanted to be a poet. I liked the extremely concentrated language, the atmosphere of otherworldliness.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is killed along with his victims, his blood mixing with theirs.
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One thing about playing the real jazz is that you can't count it.
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I can't relate to skinny, perfectly sculptured, tanned men singing about gold chains and Ferraris because I'm not that way.
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Films like 'Bond' fund training schemes for film technicians of the future, and working on films themselves provides a great training ground for budding directors and cinematographers. If there's no money there for films to be made, it's like a house of cards, it all comes tumbling down.
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Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.
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Sports and entertainment are the only places where inner-city kids see themselves being able to succeed. Their intellectual development is something they don't relate to.
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In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.
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People dream their whole lives of their Oscar speech; I dreamt my whole life of hosting the Oscars.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.
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A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
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But it's true, when you see some television, you carry it with you. It's like 90210. Tell me what young shows were being done then... We were thrilled about the ratings around the world.
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I think probably the reason why I really enjoy acting is that I really am interested in people. I'm interested in what they think, why they think it and what happened in their lives to make them see things a certain way.
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I'm a television junkie.
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When I was growing up, I had more comedy albums than musical ones. George Carlin, Cheech and Chong, Steve Martin, Richard Pryor - those were my main men.
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Even if it happened in real life - and oftentimes, especially if it happened in real life - it might not work in fiction.
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The legacies that parents and church and teachers left to my generation of Black children were priceless but not material: a living faith reflected in daily service, the discipline of hard work and stick-to-itiveness, and a capacity to struggle in the face of adversity.
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I make sure to meditate at least twice a day. I have migraines, and transcendental meditation is hugely helpful in combating them.
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I encouraged the Chinese to support Pol Pot. I encouraged the Thailand|Thai to help the Khmer Rouge. The question was how to help the Cambodian people. Pol Pot was an abomination. We could never support him. But China could.
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Love can be sordid only if you work at it.
