Wendi McLendon-Covey Quotes
If you want to play the good roles, spend more time in in college and in acting class than you do in the gym, and you'll have the career you want.
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What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.
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It is a growing process. You can't just like beer. You have to start somewhere and learn the different flavors.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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With a poetry book I can send 100 copies out to reviewers and other people, and even do it in advance and get their response. It's difficult with iPad: how do you send it out for free, and how do you even disseminate it before it goes into their store?
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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Insight enables you make sure you don't allow negative beliefs to get permanently set in your thinking - just the same way you wouldn't want fractured bones to be permanently set into place.
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Antonio Berardi is one of my good friends.
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You trivialize the idea of competition totally, then there's no point in having the competition in the first place, and everybody is getting a trophy.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.
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The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.
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During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it.
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The two most important things to do for self-defense are not to take a martial arts class or get a gun, but to think like the opposition and know where you're most at risk.
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As it is, relationships are difficult, aren't they?
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Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.
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I'm a model, but I love to eat.
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Which country in the world has the kind of talent India has in numbers?
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People don't have to agree with me. They can say, 'My gosh, I can't believe I'm listening to this guy. I can't disagree with him more.' But at least they know that I'm going to fight for things that I believe in. And I don't need to be in formal office to do that.
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Maybe I'm naive, but I subscribe to the idea that nobody is actually making strategic decisions about their career. Trying to do that would be like playing three-card monte on Canal Street.
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The result of a public that has a very high consumption rate and turnover rate is people listen to more music but spend less time with individual bits of music. It's made me more likely to put things up quickly and treat it more like a magazine instead of a novel.
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With all of the qualities of the scene-setting, the dialogue, the place and time and the time and place in which your characters move. And I want to move with the characters, move with them and describe the world in which they are living.
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There are a lot of good things that we can do. Maybe my example can help someone.
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If you want to play the good roles, spend more time in in college and in acting class than you do in the gym, and you'll have the career you want.
