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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The other actresses, who are called my contemporaries, they started with a megastar. They were superstars overnight and are the same even today.
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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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I'm a theological writer mistaken for a political writer. My theme is grace versus karma.
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Just about anyone can make a good product, but it's the people that count. In the end, it's the employees who will take it from a kitchen-table idea to the next level. There are a lot of important things in business, but the people portion comes first.
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Story in a game is like a story in a porn movie. It's expected to be there, but it's not that important.
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People feel compelled to continue reading and hearing the news. Sometimes, you just want somebody to be yelling at it with you as you're reading it. I think of that as my function.
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Science fiction made me aware of how big and strange the universe was, leaving aside the whole question of aliens.
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Sometimes questions are more important than answers.
