Belinda Johnson Quotes
There's a historical view that adding process into a scrappy start-up kills innovation, but I'm a firm believer that you need process at some point to remain agile.
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I find dates, in general, horrific. We have to sit there and ask these questions and pretend to eat a meal, and it just feels so stiff.
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I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.
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There is always the fear of failure, and if you struggle, you become nervous, and that's when the underdogs have an opportunity to create a surprise.
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Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.
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Honestly, I find the analysis of dreams is one of the dullest things. I say this as a therapist kid. I find them deeply uninteresting, as a window to the soul.
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San Francisco, coolest place ever.
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I was into basketball, but then once I found contact sports, it was over. I never played basketball again in my life.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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When you're a teenage girl, a lot of being pretty has to do with your hair.
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It's always, 'Are you the runner girl?' I say, 'My name is Sally actually.' I used to always get that at school as well, 'Are you the runner girl?' I'm not even the runner girl, I'm a hurdler.
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I was doing things that weren't good for me. So I checked into the Churchill Priory clinic. It was the best thing I've done for ages.
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There are a lot of musicians in my life. But movies came first for me. That was my original passion.
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I really like Los Angeles - I had a good life out there. But the reason I choose to live in New York is because when I'm between engagements, as they say, something creative always comes up for me, like 'Julian Po,' or helping teach at NYU, or helping stage a show at Juilliard.
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You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
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Not knowing the thing that's chasing you is a lot scarier than seeing it right in front of you.
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I have been working since I was 11 on everything including period dramas.
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What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you're opening and cares about you. There's a real village atmosphere.
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Doing something that is productive is a great way to alleviate emotional stress. Get your mind doing something that is productive.
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I am not alone. I am free. I no longer have to be a credit, I don't have to be a symbol to anybody, I don't have to be a first to anybody. I don't have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I'd become. I'm me, and I'm like nobody else.
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I've always thought of writing as sort of active communication.
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There's something about being a woman and being able to dress up in men's clothing, so to speak.
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The draining away of James Baldwin's magic was a drama much discussed in the years leading up to his death in 1987 at the age of sixty-three.
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There's a historical view that adding process into a scrappy start-up kills innovation, but I'm a firm believer that you need process at some point to remain agile.
