Upton Sinclair Quotes
It is the music which makes it what it is; it is the music which changes the place from the rear room of a saloon in back of the yards to a fairy place, a wonderland, a little comer of the high mansions of the sky.
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Don't let nobody tell you that you can't do it. Love what you do until you don't love it anymore. Nothing's impossible.
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I feel like, for me, different environments are very important to me creatively. I think it's my norm to be on the move.
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Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.
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I think mobility is very important, not only to discover opportunities elsewhere but at times, also to appreciate better what your home town has. Allahabad, for instance, has the feel of a small, tightly-knit community where everyone participates.
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I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
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I always wanted to do things on my own terms, and unfortunately in this industry, that's not something that is easily given. You're at the mercy of other people, but then you still have that drive to continue on. That's an equation for a lot of heartbreak.
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I found one had to do some work every day, even at midnight, because either you're professional or you're not.
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A lot of people may know my face and know that I'm a good player on the football field, but they probably don't really know me as a person.
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Early childhood education begins early, even before birth.
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I don't think I can play Mr. Bachchan.
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They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact.
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There's more things that I'd like to do. You know, each song is a little bit of a puzzle. I see most of them as just failed attempts.
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I grew up on the edge of a national park in Canada - timberwolves, creeks, snow drifts.
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I do like being busy. I'm not the kind of person who just sits around and goes to a spa when I'm not working.
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Everywhere your eye travels in your home, it should land on something that resonates with you.
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Mumbai may not be my city. But it is my kind of city.
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As a director on 'The Office,' there's a tremendous weight that comes with directing features. I was being asked to direct a show that had already won an Emmy for Best Comedy. Steve Carell and the cast had already won the Screen Actor's Guild Awards.
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Don't monitor your online savings account in real time.
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I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world.
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'Boomerang!' I love that movie just because of Halle Berry, Robin Givens, Eddie Murphy, Grace Jones and Eartha Kitt. There were so many characters. As an actress, to see African-American actors be so diverse was different from what I was used to seeing.
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It's mad what each generation vilifies. It's not necessarily to do with logic.
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You can't have Bach, Mozart and Beethoven as your favorite composers. They simply define what music is!
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It is the music which makes it what it is; it is the music which changes the place from the rear room of a saloon in back of the yards to a fairy place, a wonderland, a little comer of the high mansions of the sky.
