Nancy Willard Quotes
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Intimate relationships are a gold mine for literature to explore, to understand, to describe.
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I don't understand why every guy is not a romantic. I enjoy it.
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You have to understand, I can't do any jokes about Ross Perot, because the last thing I need right now is another credit check.
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Basically, I'm a musical vocalist, but I do voiceover stuff as a sideline, like plumbing or something.
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Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing.
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I understand the desire to write and read about the death of publishing. It's a perversely and universally appealing topic.
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For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.
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You have to really love women in order to really just have a respect for women and love them. No man - I don't care what kind of man it is, how feminine he is - they never could understand what we go through as far as physically and mentally.
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Cynicism is something which has become symbolic of imperial policy.
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I'm potentially worth a lot of money, but I've got to go and make something that's worth a lot of money.
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I don't really have anything against Will Young or Gareth Gates.
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My best work is often almost unconscious and occurs ahead of my ability to understand it.
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Womanhood is something you don't consider until it hits you.
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It's hard for us to really understand the immensity so far of the conquest of space.
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While I deeply admire actors who deeply prepare, it's just not something I do.
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Dining rooms are really all about the table and the chairs.
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Most people don't understand that being in the public eye is emotionally exhausting. It takes a lot out of you.
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I tend to be really competitive when it comes to Scattergories.
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I read The Odyssey all the time. I always get something out of it.
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I can't really comment on rumors.
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I watched 'A Chorus Line' over and over when I was growing up, to the point that I was able to recite the entire movie.
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When I was 16, I definitely burned a couple of bridges by saying, 'I won't do this!' I was not diplomatic about it. I came to a fitting and was like, 'I don't wear fur; cancel this show!'
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We don't really understand something until we have forgotten it.
