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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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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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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I don't feel drawn to lightness, I need something more. I feel that - oh, I hate saying this, it sounds so wanky - but I feel a real urge to give voices to people we don't usually hear from in real life.
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What's frustrating to me is when, on a low-budget movie, people don't take chances. A big-budget movie, that script's your bible; nobody's going to risk going off the page. But when you're doing a very low-budget film, why not take some chances, intellectually, artistically?
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I mean, being a child was being a child, was being a creature without power, without pocket money, without escape routes of any kind. So I didn't want to be a child.
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I also think it's very important to consider how the food will feel to the person eating it.
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Barbra Streisand is without a doubt one of the most honest people I have ever known. There is no doubt in my mind that she will not be doing any more concerts. Of course, she still will be making records and starring and directing in movies.
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I've learned that there's a signature Metallica sound, and if we stray too far from that, our fans get impatient, or they just don't understand, or they miss the point. And I'm not saying that's a good thing or a bad thing; it's just something we have to contend with.
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Sometimes questions are more important than answers.
