Art Donovan Quotes

I guess telling stories is an art. I never looked at it that way. I just started talking, and everyone started laughing. So I kept talking, and they kept laughing.

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• Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that simple, and it is also that difficult.

  

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• Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.

  

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• All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.

  

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• A free society will abide unofficial, private discrimination, even when that means allowing hate-filled groups to exclude people based on the color of their skin.

  

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• Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.

  

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• Over the long hours of taping 5, 6 or 7 episodes a day, we develop a great sense of family.

  

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• I think Gore does have to worry. He is tied to Bill Clinton. We know that there were telephone calls that he made from his office. We know that there were visits to the Buddhist temple.

  

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• We may be in a tough time right now, but when we are in a tough time is when our movement gets really strong.

  

  Patricia Ireland
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• I have a lot of blurring between fiction and non-fiction in so many of my works. For example, my first novel, 'When Nietzsche Wept,' has a great deal of non-fiction in it. I didn't create many characters at all. Almost all of them are historical characters that actually existed.

  

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• If the world's leaders are serious about improving collective well-being, we'd better get serious about prioritizing education in our nations and in our global discussion.

  

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• Words are a pretty blunt instrument. There's always going to be slippage between the words and the infinite complexities of a thought. As a writer, I find that frustrating, but as a social animal, I wouldn't have it any other way.

  

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• Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.

  

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• And I like to convey my feelings, my emotions, my experience, the information I have to public use, public opinion.

  

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• I studied really hard. But Hollywood never appreciated my talent.

  

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• Television has some lovely aspects to it - and some ghastly aspects - but the theater itself was a wonderful invention.

  

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• The nurses were all angels in my eyes.

  

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• I started on computers with 'Billy Bathgate,' a little orange screen with black letters. I thought it was really cool, but it actually slowed me up for a while because it's so easy to revise, I tended to stay on the same page. I've learned to discipline myself.

  

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• All my family were brilliant cooks when I was growing up, but I ended up just cleaning up, so I've always lacked confidence in the kitchen.

  

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• Nigeria is not a nation. It is a mere geographical expression. There are no 'Nigerians' in the same sense as there are 'English,' 'Welsh,' or 'French.' The word 'Nigerian' is merely a distinctive appellation to distinguish those who live within the boundaries of Nigeria and those who do not.

  

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• There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting.

  

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• Going back to my film education, I always have that voice in my head that's always screaming, 'Sell out!' And that's good: you want that, because it keeps you on your toes, and it's important to remember what's actually important.

  

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• I guess telling stories is an art. I never looked at it that way. I just started talking, and everyone started laughing. So I kept talking, and they kept laughing.

  

  Art Donovan
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