Dani Shapiro Quotes
I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
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You won't do any more housework? Then you go to the bin.
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If you think about it, you can have the best CGI, but you can always tell that it is CGI. Your brain can spot that is not real even though you think it looks cool. Your brain knows the truth, so you don't jump and you don't scream. It was very important for me to expose the audience to real elements.
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The health care industry can play a great role in this by being aware of the fact that these children form perhaps the most neglected group of people in the country, largely because it is hard to find them.
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
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For ages, I had this mullet until someone on the street stopped me and said, 'Darling, can I cut your hair for free? Because you look a bit weird.'
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
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I like being my age. I kind of have a political thing about it.
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I've been doing stand-up since I was 15 years old.
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It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.
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I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.
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My mum told me to have patience. It's about realising that when things aren't going the way you want them to, or you don't have inspiration, it will come.
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I came of age as a male lead actor just as the TV landscape dramatically shifted.
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That's really my goal now. I'm trying to be a positive role model to my kids and to just enjoy this ride, because it's hard. It's hard to enjoy it when you're in it.
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I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me.
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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Congress, of course, is not bound to accept the president's budget figures, but the House has the sole power to appropriate funds for spending, and it is a duty that should not be ignored.
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One has attained to mastery when one neither goes wrong nor hesitates in the performance.
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The actual Blue Rose murders, which lie at the core of the three novels, yield various incorrect solutions which assume the status of truth.
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Toastmasters changed my life. They really did. Put me on the stage. I don’t know what I would have done without that positive boost.
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I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
