Rachel Sklar Quotes
My first introduction to New Orleans was from the air, flying high over the city with a view of the land - and water - below.
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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I feel like I personally have been lucky.
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He thinks that Schiller and St Paul were just two Partisan Review editors.
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At least I want to be making films that are somehow born out of me that are stories I want to tell. The challenge is figuring out how to do it where you can make them personal, yet still deliver to an audience a film experience that is satisfying and emotional, and that's what I'm trying to do.
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Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.
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There's nowhere like Detroit; it's a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away.
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I'm not a writer; I'm an actor. My job is to take whatever character I'm given and - especially because I have the responsibility of being a black actress, and I know young black girls are looking up, and everyone's looking to what's on television - to just try to give whatever character I'm playing as three-dimensional a portrayal as I can.
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Remember that we are all human beings trying to do what we love to do.
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If you're asking me where my heart and where I'm happy is, I love playing with Tom Brady. I love being coached by Bill Belichick.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness.
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I need nothing from my companion. No money, no financial security, no emotional support, nothing. All I want is the freedom to be myself.
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Everyone agrees to that; but when we come to define truth, dissension starts.
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A lot of my work concerns a crisis of agency - what can we do?
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I still have my original social security card signed when I was 13.
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I think I'm a good judge of character.
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Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.
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For faithful Catholics, communion is not just a nice ritual: It is the body and blood of Jesus Christ, and the ultimate sign of our willingness to be incorporated into the church.
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The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
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Many schools desperately need caring professionals like guidance counselors and social workers to ensure students' emotional, social and educational needs are met. But proposals to arm teachers are irresponsible and dangerous. The role of educators is to teach and nurture our children, not to be armed guards.
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Not everyone has to be a high-powered neurosurgeon to add significantly to the equation that brings about success here.
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Gardening is not something to get on your high horse about or be overwhelmed by. Either you enjoy it or you don't.
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When I first moved here, I almost felt like I was obligated to hate L.A. as a New Yorker. I moved way too fast for this city. I walked everywhere, and I was lonely, too. It was a really hard time not knowing anybody, and you don't run into people the way you do in New York. You can go a week without seeing anyone.
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My first introduction to New Orleans was from the air, flying high over the city with a view of the land - and water - below.
