Alma Gluck Quotes
Time and again, a student will send me an urgent appeal to hear her, saying she is poor and wants my advice as to whether it is worthwhile to continue her studies. I invariably refuse such requests, saying that if the student could give up her work on my advice, she had better give it up without it.
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I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
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Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.
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I am healthy and happy.
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Throughout my life, I have valued relationships far more than the professionalism.
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Questions that require answers are what keep readers going - and the place to start raising those questions is with your very first sentence.
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The smartest thing I ever did as a writer was hire a retired conservation agent to blaze a hiking trail for me. It's nothing fancy - just a narrow path that meanders for a little over a mile through the woods near my home. But that trail through the trees has become my therapist, my personal trainer, and my best editor.
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Once your IQ is 150 or over, it stops beings ability and becomes a disability.
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When I had my television show, 'Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters,' it was my high hope to convert people to country music. It is wonderful and contagious!
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I don't believe we have defined health care reform very well in this country.
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
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But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor.
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Brooklyn's good. Brooklyn's funky. Brooklyn's happening.
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You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!
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People tend to treat people with disabilities sort of like they're aliens from another planet. It doesn't come from a bad place; it comes from a place of, 'I have no idea what this disability entails, and I don't want to offend anyone or make them feel awful.'
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I'm still blowing alright, and I still enjoy it which is the main thing.
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I think the fact that I made enough noise in the world that I might be remembered is an amazing achievement. You can't ask for more than that.
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Democracy is about non-arbitrary decisions. Democracy is about spreading decisions; it is not about destroying processes.
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I came across humanity in Istanbul, and all I know about life comes from Istanbul, and definitely, I am writing about Istanbul. I also love the city because I live there, it has formed me, and it's me. Of course it is natural. If somebody lived all his life in Delhi, he will write about Delhi.
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I get sick all the time because I get no rest and sleep, but it's definitely worth it.
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Sometimes I think it's better to be a diva.
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I find older men more attractive than boys. I need a man who can teach me a thing or two.
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New ideas are one of the most overrated concepts of our time. Most of the important ideas that we live with aren't new at all.
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Time and again, a student will send me an urgent appeal to hear her, saying she is poor and wants my advice as to whether it is worthwhile to continue her studies. I invariably refuse such requests, saying that if the student could give up her work on my advice, she had better give it up without it.
