Nancy Willard Quotes
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If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.
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I wanted to stay on a career path of the likes of Natalie Portman. I didn't want to be pigeonholed into a certain genre. I sort of believe that slow and steady wins the race.
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We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.
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The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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My wife and I have very deep roots in Colorado, and we can't see ourselves living anywhere else.
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I not only work online through my various projects, but I am an avid user of online technologies to connect and engage with friends as well.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I've never been a calm, midrange type person.
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Therapists have tremendous power over their vulnerable clients, and it is very easy to take advantage of this power.
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When I was young, I was rather attractive, and I thought that I would be a leading lady. I always thought of myself as a dramatic actress, but of course the opportunities for blacks weren't there at the time.
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You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.
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One of the fun things about unreliable narrators is they can be funny. You can admire things about them and laugh with them.
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In the '60s, I did many satirical portraits of dictators.
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I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.
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Theatre is great, but we don't live in an idealistic world, and we have to pay our bills.
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Deportation isn't something that is suddenly new.
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It was a great privilege for me and my teammates to follow in the footsteps of sporting greats like Roger Federer and Tiger Woods.
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When I myself had twice or thrice made a resolute resistance unto anger, the like befell me that did the Thebans; who, having once foiled the Lacedaemonians (who before that time had held themselves invincible), never after lost so much as one battle which they fought against them.
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And the parents who knew "Star Wars" could take kids and feel like they've gone back to a place that is familiar and yet found brand-new characters that took them somewhere they'd never been. And it was important me that we embrace that feeling, and you can call it retro, but I think it's what "Star Wars" is.
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I hate to sound like a romantic adolescent, but I believe artists don't generally see art as a career choice; they simply can't overcome their desire to make art, and will live on little income for as long as they have to, before they start to sell their work - or give up and get a paying job.
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Growth as a goal, to repeat, is delusion. William James, the American philosopher, talked of the 'bitch goddess success.' A philosopher of business today might well talk of the 'bitch goddess growth.'
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I don't really get things very... intuitively. I mean, I don't immediately understand things. The only way I really get it is by writing it down.
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Sometimes questions are more important than answers.
