Betty White Quotes
Doing drama is, in a sense, easier. In doing comedy, if you don't get that laugh, there's something wrong.
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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In general, I think the world is a good place if you work hard, believe in yourself, have good intentions, and if you are kind to people, I believe that good things happen to you.
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If you want to put golf back on the front pages again, and you don't have a Bobby Jones or a Francis Ouimet handy, here's what you do: You send an aging Jack Nicklaus out in the last round of the Masters and let him kill more foreigners than a general named Eisenhower.
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Lots of people can write a good first page but to sustain it, that's my litmus test. If I flip to the middle of the book and there's a piece of dialogue that's just outstanding, or a description, then I'll flip back to the first page and start it.
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A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together.
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When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
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Sure I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are, and be proud of that.
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God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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I rush to add that I find the Web infinitely useful for rustling up information, settling arguments or locating the legends of rock stars.
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It is impossible to advance new theories... when you are under the influence of a particular view, or under the pressure of a particular dogma.
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Be realistic and truthful - and tell Hong Kong businessmen honestly that they should go for long-term investments since it is unlikely money can be made in the short haul.
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It's not what you wear it's how you wear it, is what I say.
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True as the needle to the pole, Or as the dial to the sun.
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Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.
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People aren't autonomous creatures. They're under a lot of pressure themselves.
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When I left home after graduating high school, I left as a migrant agricultural worker with a Modern Library edition of Plato in my duffel bag. It sounds kind of crazy, but I loved it. I loved the stuff. Before I knew there was a subject called philosophy, I loved it.
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I can't take on all the worries of the world, you know. I can only talk about being gay and being an actor. I'll have to leave those other battles to somebody else.
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There are lots of things to like about being Eastern Orthodox - incense, liturgies, all the baklava you can eat - but you know what I like best? None of that stupid 'women's ministry' stuff.
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All jokes aside, it's a very difficult job playing the straight man. Jason is potentially the most brilliant straight man that ever was because he's also really funny while doing it, which is even harder. I've always seen myself playing characters who are flawed. We use comedy in our lives to obscure the drama.
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We like competition.
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I used to work in a hospital, in a laboratory doing phlebotomy. I was a vampire.
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Doing drama is, in a sense, easier. In doing comedy, if you don't get that laugh, there's something wrong.
