Elizabeth Diller Quotes
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Moral authority has been laid to rest, world opinion is no more than a game show and the difference between good and evil is about as relevant as changing channels.
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I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
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The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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I love sitcoms, and I grew up on sitcoms. That's my tasty junk food.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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I never felt popular as a child and never had best friends.
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A few years ago I was at a party and this guy threw me over his shoulder, ran across the street, put me in his car, and stuck his tongue in my mouth.
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Do not share your inventions with many; share them only with the few who understand and love the sciences.
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Some of my books sort of have a provocative take. Sometimes you find interesting things about characters that show they weren't necessarily the way people usually see them. It can make for lively conversations, but that's great. Spark a little controversy, get people to think about it. That's what it's all about.
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America is a grateful nation. We cannot allow anything or anyone to get in the way of that. The words 'veteran' and 'backlog' should never appear in the same sentence.
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You can make positive deposits in your own economy every day by reading and listening to powerful, positive, life-changing content and by associating with encouraging and hope-building people.
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What we want is to establish the rules of a market economy - not to plan its outcome.
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I learn my songs by ear.
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I really enjoy doing sitcom television. It allows me to stay in Los Angeles and spend more time with my husband and kids.
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When I was a kid, I wasn't making my choices based on anything other than 'Did I want to work that day?' or 'Did being in school sound more fun?' And I don't remember ever reading a script and thinking, 'Is this going to be a fun part to play?'
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I think sincerity was my sole aesthetic and realism my experimental technique.
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Good boys are nice - don't go for the bad ones!
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Thus Christian humanism is as indispensable to the Christian way of life as Christian ethics and a Christian sociology.
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The marketplace tells us that good, visceral storytelling has a place. But there are lots of questions about the format that stories take.
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I'm not some sort of tormented soul looking for an identity in the roles I take. I became an actress because I just love dressing up and playing.
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You can't converse with Alzheimer's sufferers in the way you do with others; the dialogue tends to go round in circles.
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I think idiosyncrasy is great.
