Kara DioGuardi Quotes
I can sing in front of people. I can go on a TV show, live, and not feel like I'm going to throw up.
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In reality, throughout your career, you have to make yourself interesting enough for people to be waiting to see your films. In my case, people are longing to see what I come out with next. That's my success.
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It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
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In seventh and eighth grade, grammar and vocabulary were not my favorite subjects.
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The first thing I saw was that Brett Rogers had his way very quickly - in 20 seconds - with a UFC champion, Andrei Arlovski.
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I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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I've never been that comfortable talking about myself or about acting.
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Negroes must be free in order to be equal, and they must be equal in order to be free... Men cannot win freedom unless they win equality. They cannot win equality unless they win freedom.
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In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'
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We think of the revolution ending in Yorktown, Va. The fact of the matter is that the French defeated the British in a naval battle right in the mouth of Chesapeake Bay. Because the British fleet was coming to rescue Cornwallis, the British general, Washington was able to surround Cornwallis.
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The idea of being at home and picking up kids from school and cooking dinner and then the husband comes home - there's something that seems really nice to me 'cause I never had that growing up. And it seems so enticing. But in my mind, I'm like, 'Well, I'll just play that in a movie and go about my own life, bizarre as it is.'
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The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.
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I always like to play roles where I either love the character or think that it's a story that I can tell better than anyone else. There are always reasons for me to do whatever I do.
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When you have the first show set in India on American television, there's gonna be a Nervous Nellie kind of vibe.
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I do just genuinely believe Chris Hemsworth is a 6'3, more muscular version of me. And more handsome, but I try.
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The living nightmare for a red state NASCAR driver would be a gay French driver.
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I would say that I quite consciously rely on my obsessions in all my work, that I deliberately set up an obsessional frame of mind. In a paradoxical way, this leaves one free of the subject of the obsession.
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When I was 11, I knew that I wanted to write a kid's book and tell the world what it was like being deaf.
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Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties.
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Our gymnasium was remarkable and had more stuff in it than one could dream up in a nightmare. Furthermore, every boy had to use every piece of it during gymnasium class.
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It's difficult, if not impossible, to get away with anything false before the camera. That instrument penetrates the husk of the actor; it reveals what's truly happening - if anything, if nothing. A close-up demands absolute truth. It's a severe and awesome truth.
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I can sing in front of people. I can go on a TV show, live, and not feel like I'm going to throw up.
