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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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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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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'Entourage' was a show that existed around wish-fulfillment. People watched it because they wanted to believe they could go on private jets and be hanging out in Hollywood, but as a show, comedically, it was not funny. Not a funny show. It's funny, ironically, because of how terrible it is.
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I don't go long without eating. I never starve myself: I grab a healthy snack.
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Think for tomorrow but act for today.
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I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the paper idly with my pen. And I thought how, between one dip of the pen and the next, time goes on, and I hurry, drive myself, and speed toward death. We are always dying. I while I write, you while you read, and others while they listen or stop their ears, they are all dying.
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I think you have to create your own stuff so I'm working on stuff for myself right now.
