Alex Borstein Quotes
I'm still auditioning and doing other movie parts, but I really like the developing and the writing. You have more control over your destiny.
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North Korea, under its thirtysomething Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, is no country for old men. The latest casualty in Kim's ongoing purge of the senior military command was the defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, who reportedly committed the classic old man's offense of falling asleep in a meeting.
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People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd.
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I feel comfortable whenever I step on the floor.
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I don't think there's a perfect time to have kids. I think first you have to find the perfect person.
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At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
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We are creating the new Atlanta, along with Rich Homie Quan and Young Thug. We bring the spaghetti, put it in the bowl, mix it together, and we make the new Atlanta.
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I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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Creating a role is an interesting thing - each show or each situation is different.
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There are 10 men in me and I do not know or understand one of them.
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People come over, and we watch things like 'The Paul Lynde Halloween Special.' I have a hot tub. Everybody puts on a bathing suit and we splash around.
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I don't want to collect Indian art, though pots and beadwork and blankets made by Indians remain the most beautiful art objects in the American West, in my opinion.
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If you're a psychologist, you can instrumentally change peoples lives for the better. But you can only do that for about 300 people to maybe a thousand people - if you're really prolific and you're working really hard.
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Christine Bass was my high school music teacher. She took a program on its last legs and within a few years turned into one of the best programs in the country. Our high school dominated national choir competitions all through her 20-plus year tenure.
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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
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I think every woman in their life wants to give a good face smack.
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If Shanghai wants to be an international cultural center, they have to do something about that. The reason I left is that I wanted to explore what ballet is all about, and if I had stayed put, that wouldn't have happened.
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There must've been some part of me that wanted to make my mark. But there was never a defining moment.
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Local government in England is simply too big. Our lowest tier serves an average population of 118,500, while in the U.S. and across continental Europe the figures are more like several thousand.
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There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them.
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The problem is once you've written the opening paragraph and worked out how the rest of the story will go in your head, there's nothing in it for you. I write in longhand using disposable fountain pens on the right-hand side of the notebook for the first draft, then I rewrite some of the sentences and paragraphs on the left-hand side.
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I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, there would be no writing.
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My producer, HH, makes sounds, so I'm writing to his beats.
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I'm still auditioning and doing other movie parts, but I really like the developing and the writing. You have more control over your destiny.
