Ally Carter Quotes
But the downside of being con artist is that it very hard to con. Even if the lies you tell are to yourself.
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I loved every place I lived and traveled. London, Paris, Rome, Venice. I fell hard for Central America and Mexico. In each country, I had fantasies that I could live there.
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I don't take fancy vacations. I buy all my jewelry at Claire's. I can't remember the last time I went out to a fancy dinner. My family lives in a modest two-bedroom apartment, and my kids share a bedroom. But I do have one extravagant vice: shoes.
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The life of an actor is never one to get comfortable.
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I'm a self-taught musician aside from what I've been able to pick up from other players.
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I developed in my head that I'm never any better than my last concert or the last time I played, so it's like an audition each time. You get nervous just before going onstage. I still have that, but I think it's more like concern. You're concerned about the people - like meeting your in-laws for the first time.
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A great byproduct of a TV show, movie, or play is when it can act as a catalyst for someone.
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I love performing in front of an audience. I like the questions; I like controversy.
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I listen to a lot of jazz. I'm a big Sinatra geek. I love Chet Baker.
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I can tell you that my family in the absolute worst of times has seen the absolute best in people. And, that has given us more strength than could ever imagine.
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We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that.
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What I've learned is sometimes it's good not to have all the same actions and have all the same takes. The variety you provide gives the director later on in post-production the ability to construct a more interesting performance as he puts the movie together.
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Being a mother is more exhausting than working, and sometimes I push myself too hard and burn myself out. I can appreciate how exhausting it must be for women who have to do everything themselves all the time.
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There's a logic today that places a greater value on celebrity the less it is accompanied by actual achievement. I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means.
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My generation were all careerists.
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I wouldn't want to be President now!
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Contemporary literature in the West has shown some signs of ethical change.
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She can’t help her red skin, and she isn’t heathen. In fact, she’s a Baptist, which is almost like being Christian, only louder.
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Teaching children to debate without teaching children to listen is divorce training.
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I grew up in North Dakota around Dakota and Ojibwe people, and also small-town people in Wahpeton. Writers make few choices, really, about their material. We have to write about what comes naturally and what interests us - so I do.
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There goes the parson, oh illustrious spark! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk.
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I know that people's judgments are fast, and in a split second I will ruin it.
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Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all.
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But the downside of being con artist is that it very hard to con. Even if the lies you tell are to yourself.
