Lynn Collins Quotes
The way that I work is very specific, very thorough, and the process has to be totally clear.
Quotes to Explore
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The reasons kids get into trouble in one way or another is because - Who ever told them they were special?
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Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan's Buddha statues; he also could end up going to jail.
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I got a note from my father, who said that Success is wonderful, if you don't inhale. That was his own aphorism, and I think it's the very best thing he could have said to me or anyone else on the subject.
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You have to be careful to react when you start to deviate from your course.
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My short stories have always pushed twenty pages. That's no length for a short story to be. You either do them short like Carver or you stop trying.
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My life has been forged by middle class values: faith, hard work, deep respect for America and all that she stands for.
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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.
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Suning Appliance has no problem of financial risk. Do you think I'm risky? I'm definitely not risky.
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There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
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Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.
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The key to good grilling is to recognize that you are setting yourself up to cook in a whole new environment. This is actually one of the main purposes of grilling - to get yourself outside.
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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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I've been a Dolphin for 17 years, and I'll be a Dolphin for the rest of my life. That will never change.
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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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Netflix is something I watch.
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I'm a lyric soprano. I can try to step outside that and do different kind of singing, but it's not something I can sustain over the long haul, and what is good for your voice is good for your career.
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My mom has every issue of 'Billboard' I've ever been in.
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A philosopher once said, 'Half of good philosophy is good grammar.'
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She was short on intellect, but long on shape.
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All creative work begins by doing something with the hands. Creation is simply a problem and design is the way out.
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I would love to work with Shilpa again. But it would have to be for 'Dill Mill Gayye (DMG)' - that's the only fiction show I'll take up on small screen. I'm extremely faithful to that show. That apart, I'm not likely to do anymore fiction on TV for the time being.
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Custom turns everything upside down. Give it time, and what can resist its hardening effect? What does not yield to use? How many find that the bitterness they had formerly dreaded has, unfortunately, through use alone, turned to sweetness?
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The way that I work is very specific, very thorough, and the process has to be totally clear.
