Elizabeth Berg Quotes
I tend not to write books that are really, really long, and I'm also a pretty fast writer.
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'Grey's Anatomy' is a very culturally diverse show.
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I started as an actor. I started directing because Steppenwolf needed another strong director.
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I believe that if you eat well, you work even better.
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My MELD score was pretty high. And the worse you get on that scale, the sooner you get a transplant. It's based on how sick you are. And believe me, I was pretty sick.
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If you're a writer, write. You just keep writing. And if you're a filmmaker, you keep doing what you can to keep telling your stories; you don't stay on the one. Keep moving forward and doing what you can to tell whatever story you can tell, be it via writing, be it via filming it.
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My first audition was for a commercial for the lottery. I didn't get it, so I hate the lottery.
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I have been known to hang out and party back in the day. I had a weekend that lasted a few years.
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The very first thing I ever did, I was doing some work for the French Cultural Center. They wanted a little recording set up. And I got wire. A wire recorder. The wire came off spools, and to cut and edit, you tied it together in little square knots. Can you imagine?
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I love dogs. I have a Golden Doodle and an Alaskan Klee Kai.
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I have great admiration for the way the Americans do business. They drive a hard bargain, but once they do it, they stick to their contracts.
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I embrace my blackness, just as I do my conservatism and my Christianity, but I don't want to be defined or pigeonholed by any one of the many elements that make up my character.
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People, when they come up to me, are like, 'Did we go to high school together? Or did I make out with you at sleepaway camp?' And oftentimes, yes, that is the answer, because I went to a giant high school and made out with everybody.
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My music is bejewelled, it's colourful, it's romantic, it shines.
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I'm very smart, and I have a great team of people around me investing my money. I'm not buying gold - yet.
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Memory is a way of telling you what's important to you.
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One of the main reasons for wanting to perform live again was to have contact with that audience.
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I would love to do something like 'Fishing With John.'
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It's not until the very last phase that you know how good the works are going to be.
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It's so fun to play a villain. I get to tap into a side of myself I thought I never had.
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I don't like saying 'no' to people, and I'm going to have to learn how to say 'no' more.
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Many markets work best with little or no outside interference. But others - especially those subject to big 'externalities' - need a helping hand.
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There is a comfort in rituals, and rituals provide a framework for stability when you are trying to find answers.
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Church attendance rates among white Americans without a college education have dropped pretty significantly. People with college degrees are more likely to go to church than people without college degrees among the white working class.
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I tend not to write books that are really, really long, and I'm also a pretty fast writer.
