Lisa See Quotes
Seeing something once is better than hearing about it a hundred times. Doing something once is better than seeing it a hundred times.
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I think in a play it's wise to just sit back and watch other actors and be able to shape it from the audience.
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Why do writers, say, give up a job in economics and decide to write poetry? Or, why do they give up a job in a bank and decide to paint, like Krishan Khanna? They want to convey something.
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You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.
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In the beginning, there was silence. And out of the silence came the sound. The sound is not here.
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While the Forbes Council does offer some benefits and opportunities for members, the Council may want to be careful going forward to avoid the many pitfalls that befell Trump University.
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My paternal grandfather was a failed novelist. He stacked boxes of rejected manuscripts in a closet.
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I must represent France, and I want to be elegant, and I want the French people to be proud of me, you know.
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Some people think I'm a total moron and I would hope most people think I'm very good at what I do.
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None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them.
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If I get to spoil myself, I'm going to DQ. I always had it growing up, so I stick to it.
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Hard rock for me is AC/DC, Def Leppard, Tesla, Kiss. Metal tends to be louder, ruder, darker, like Judas Priest, Slayer, Iron Maiden.
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A lot of my skills came from university. We did everything from stage work to operating the sound boards to marketing shows and more.
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Work hard. I got tenure a year early. Junior faculty members used to say to me: 'Wow, what's your secret?' I said: 'It's pretty simple. Call me any Friday night in my office at 10 o'clock, and I'll tell you.'
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I'm going to say this - to the people in Seattle, to all the people in Seattle that trust me, that believe in me - I'm going to say this: I'm not going to disappoint anybody.
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I love men's wear.
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There were musicians that influenced me, but they weren't all women. Teena Marie was a big influence because she wrote and produced her own music, which let me know that women could write and produce their own music, which was an empowering moment for me.
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As soon as someone tells me: 'You're rather sexy,' I wish I could disappear. If somebody says: 'You were voted the world's sexiest man,' I have no idea what that means. How do I respond? 'Thank you' is the best you can do. George Clooney is the world's sexiest man, anyway.
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To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.
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I was on Broadway for three years with Spiderman and that amount of time spent on a show - it's a grind being on Broadway. The people that do that are probably the hardest working people. I shouldn't say that, because there's a lot of hard work that goes on in film and television, as well. That consistency of the grind of eight shows a week - I feel ready to go back to it now after having a bit of a break. I like to have the chance to jump between different art forms, whether it be theatre, film, TV, music. It's really wonderful to have opportunities in different arenas.
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Artists are the gate keepers of truth. We are civilization’s radical voice.
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The times you impress me the most are the times when you don't try.
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You are beautiful and perfect and lovely HOWEVER you are.
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Kyoya: Some say I only became more calculating but I don't care... because you lose out if you don't have fun, right?
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Seeing something once is better than hearing about it a hundred times. Doing something once is better than seeing it a hundred times.
