David F. D'Alessandro Quotes
Do not allow your enemy to define you. Because if you allow yourself to be defined negatively, nothing positive you say about yourself will register.David F. D'Alessandro
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It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
T. S. Eliot -
Acting is something different to everybody. I just know that if you watch an actor or actress getting better and better, I think that's them just understanding themselves better and better.
Cameron Diaz -
I've had the experience of having a book praised but then it doesn't sell. Or not praised but then it sells.
Gail Sheehy -
Back in high school, I didn't ever see a Muslim homecoming king or queen - there was never even anyone nominated. It just seemed for a lot of those events, Muslim kids were not being included, and it was probably our fault too - no one was going for it, but no one was trying to push us to do it, you know?
Halima Aden -
I originally went to school for writing, for non-fiction. I'm specifically a poetry major within literature, but I don't know.
Paloma Elsesser -
The most annoying and full-of-crap thing a writer says is, 'I write only for myself, I don't care if anyone reads it.' A writer without a reader doesn't exist.
Harlan Coben
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
Ted Rall -
I always see the absurdity in most situations. It's my experience of how life works.
Natasha Lyonne -
My mom is painfully sweet; she's from Nebraska.
Gabrielle Union -
All the different nations in the world, despite their differences of appearance and religion and language and way of life, still have one thing in common, and that is what's inside of all of us. If we X-rayed the insides of different human beings, we wouldn't be able to tell from those X-rays what the person's language or background or race is.
Abbas Kiarostami -
Being the leader of a division is a pressure, but it's one that I feel I am ready for.
Becky Lynch -
I can't say that I've made the transition to movies.
Victoria Pratt
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Winning the Oscar was like winning all the prizes in one single night that I never won as a kid.
Kate Winslet -
I sing in many different colors and, hopefully, they add up to a great performance that, after you leave the theater, makes you feel like I've really shared something of myself.
Idina Menzel -
When I saw how people would react and be touched by my voice, this was the moment I thought maybe there's something more to this than just singing around the house.
La'Porsha Renae -
I'm a voracious reader. I also have a ton of favorite TV shows I'm addicted to.
Zara Cox -
I love my work, I love the people I work with, I do the best I can.
Mandy Patinkin -
Say what you will about the ten commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them.
H. L. Mencken
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I always put on M.A.C. Prep and Primer before anything.
Yuna -
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
Walt Disney -
I think I'm a pretty average person, and I respond to positive things, so I write for myself.
Janet Evanovich -
Even if we do not always agree on every aspect, nobody should take this as an excuse to declare us as enemies.
Vladimir Putin -
Do not allow your enemy to define you. Because if you allow yourself to be defined negatively, nothing positive you say about yourself will register.
David F. D'Alessandro