Barbara Block Quotes
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There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them they could become great singers.
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I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
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I think it's important for an actor to see the work they've done because every time you revisit a work you come up with a new way of improving it. It's a good way to brush up your craft and your skills, so I think it's a good thing to do, keep seeing your films.
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Hedge funds are not especially liquid. Many are 'gated' - meaning there are only small windows when you can withdraw your money. They typically have a high minimum investment and often require investors keep their money in the fund for at least one year.
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I have a garden, and I collect different heirloom seeds from different neighbors.
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When I was 23, I founded an organization called Dress for Success, which is now in more than 100 cities in 8 countries and has helped a million women transition from welfare to work.
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When you start directing movies at the age of 24, you're just a kid; you don't necessarily even have the experiences to add to the story. You're working off of instinct and raw emotions and raw talent, and hopefully it's the same trajectory as growing as a person.
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For man also, in health and sickness, is not just the sum of his organs, but is indeed a human organism.
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You've got to play every game until it's over. Baseball is a funny game, so you never know what's going to happen.
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I've worked my whole life and never missed a deadline.
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I believe that if you have revolutionary potential, you must make the world a better place and use it.
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Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.
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My father died when I was only five years old, and that was the moment when I learned a cruel lesson that tomorrow, in fact, might not be another day.
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Adequacy is sufficient.
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I left my mark on 'Dark Shadows.' One day I was doing my lines perfectly from Act 3. Everyone else was doing Act 2.
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Peace along with freedom and justice are the pillars for attaining both security and stability and will pave the way towards the eradication of oppression, extremism, and terrorism in our world.
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I think Serena Williams is the best tennis player of this generation, if not the best ever. It is amazing for her to be playing as well as she is at the age of 31.
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Authenticity is very important - be true to one's self.
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I have been using polka dots since I was a very young child. Only after that, it seems, have they been used throughout the rest of the art world.
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Intel is not the right person to be making clothing or even wristbands. We want to provide the fashion industry with the technical solutions.
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I know that the writers I read and admire all have an influence on my work, but trying to determine to what degree any particular piece of input changes the way I think about writing seems counterproductive.
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Talk of citizenship today is often thin and tinny. The word has a faintly old-fashioned feel to it when used in everyday conversation. When evoked in national politics, it's usually accompanied by the shrill whine of a descending culture-war mortar.
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I never went to school more than six months in my life, but I can say this: that among my earliest recollections, I remember how, when a mere child, I used to get irritated when anybody talked to me in a way I could not understand.
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I remember being in strong physics, physiology and biology classes.
