T. J. Thyne Quotes
I did theatre all my life and then went into the film world. I then kind of segued into TV land, which is a different experience.
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Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.
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I'm not the sort of person who wants to live my life doing just one thing. I like to go around and do as many things as possible.
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Honestly, there are so many things about structuring a story for film and telling a story for film that are really different from doing radio.
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My life is a lovely story, happy and full of incident.
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In retrospect, I have devoted my scientific life mainly to the question to what extent infectious agents contribute to human cancer, trusting that this will contribute to novel modes of cancer prevention, diagnosis and, hopefully, later on, also to cancer therapy.
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All tastes have the quality of being in some way artificial and invented. The secret of life is to have enough detachment from your tastes and your values to see that they are a little bit absurd.
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Some people believe they chose homosexuality, and some believe they didn't. Who's to say one is wrong? It's not fair to generalize anyone's sexuality or walk of life.
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There really isn't a story that you can't tell inside of it. It's very much a clearinghouse for anything that goes on in the world. So you're not at all limited.
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You don't have to stick with these recipes. They're guides. As I say, they're a way in. Have fun with them. It's an easier way to cook in a busy life, once you get the hang of it.
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People love video games because they do things they obviously can't do in real life. That's especially true with sports games because fans love to step into the shoes of their favorite athletes.
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I think that there are a lot of elements and events that will make you scared in life and make you not want to sort of show your true self.
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I dreaded having a boring life when I grew up. And I certainly can't complain about being bored.
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I think fractures in your childhood make you observe the world more as an outsider. Possibly it pushes you outside.
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Like the United Nations, there is something inspirational about New York as a great melting pot of different cultures and traditions. And if this is the city that never sleeps, the United Nations works tirelessly, around the clock around the world.
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New drugs and surgical techniques offer promise in the fight against cancer, Alzheimer's, tuberculosis, AIDS, and a host of other life-threatening diseases. Animal research has been, and continues to be, fundamental to advancements in medicine.
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For me, a novel is always the result of my attempt to impose myself on raw circumstances. It is a concrete form of lived experience.
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Bill Clinton's foreign policy experience stems mainly from having breakfast at the International House of Pancakes.
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You get callbacks, and they either give it to what they call a 'name' performer, or they decide to go in an entirely different direction.
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Syllables govern the world.
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One of her instructors in fashion had given her to understand that curls were not the thing. 'They'll always pass muster,' Miss Dunstable had replied, 'when they are done up with bank notes.'
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If you patent a discovery which is unique, say a human gene or even just one particular function of a human gene, then you are actually creating a monopoly, and that's not the purpose of the world of patents.
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I'm not a big fan of Women's Liberation, but maybe it will help women stand up for the respect they're due.
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The basic prescription for preventing deflation is straightforward, at least in principle: Use monetary and fiscal policy as needed to support aggregate spending, in a manner as nearly consistent as possible with full utilization of economic resources and low and stable inflation. In other words, the best way to get out of trouble is not to get into it in the first place.
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I did theatre all my life and then went into the film world. I then kind of segued into TV land, which is a different experience.
