Abby Elliott Quotes
I think you have to create your own stuff so I'm working on stuff for myself right now.
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I love the power of celebrity because you can give voice to the voiceless.
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But... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form.
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I think I would like to see more roles for South Asian performers that are more inclusive and part of the American Diaspora, the American tapestry, perhaps the way that African American and Hispanic roles have developed.
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Is the button white or orange or green or yellow? Does it say 'sell', or 'sell now', or 'on sale' or 'for sale'? You test, you test, you test and most of the ideas you try fail and so I would argue I failed my way to success.
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Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying.
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Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.
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Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
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Years ago, when I was writing westerns, other writers who were friends of mine wanted me to collaborate with them. And it just didn't work.
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You must always do what you feel is right.
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It seems to me that 'women's writing' by nature would not seek equivalence in the male world. It would be a writing that sought to express a distinction, not deny it.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story.
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It's been a long slog back, and we've still got a long way to go.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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They're anti-government ideologues who dominate the Republican Party.
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I have a vast curiosity about our universe, our origins, and its probable future.
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People deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. It's actually funny. I'm always like, I'm about to pull something on you, and you're so focused on thinking I'm dumb, you're not even going to know.
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'SVU' is one of my favorite shows. When I got the call to appear and play myself, I jumped at the chance. Obviously, I went over my lines, but playing yourself is a really great way to get your feet wet in the acting field. I enjoyed being on set and learning as much as I could about the scripted world.
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All of my relationships have happened organically with people who are super cool and in my life and it just moved into a relationship zone.
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Life doesn't always give us what we are expecting.
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Passion and hunger are the two ingredients that I look for in first making the judgment on - whether an athlete, an assistant coach, or a horse trainer or anybody I do business with.
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I'd love to do well on a big weekend with people watching and cheering, of course. But it's not fair to create an expectation level before I know what is realistic. I want to finish as well as possible. Is that top 20? Top 15? Top 25? You just have to play it by ear.
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I believe in working together to solve the problems we've got. And we need to get rid of the venom in the political atmosphere in D.C. It's a poisonous atmosphere.
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I think you have to create your own stuff so I'm working on stuff for myself right now.
