Marianne Elliott Quotes
You have to lead by example. You have to be the calmest person in the room. You have to be very open. I think the qualities of a director are to enable and to find the best in everybody.
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Luck marches with those who give their very best.
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I've never really done acting before, 'cause dancing was my first love. And then, I sort of fell into it from a talent competition and never really looked back.
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I'm not doing no more 'Flavor of Loves.' I'm trying to grow. I don't want to stay on the same page. You can't stay on the same page in order to get to the next chap.
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Knowledge is sometimes superfluous: when we need it, we have it not.
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All too many Muslims fail to grasp Islam, which teaches one to be lenient towards others and to understand their value systems, knowing that these are tolerated by Islam as a religion.
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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'Big Bang Theory' is not my kind of show. It's not my humor. I don't like multicam comedies. I don't want an audience to tell me when to laugh.
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I threw my best to every hitter I faced, and I found I had the strength to go all the way.
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I didn't grow up in a wealthy family at all. Being at home all day and watching movies, that was a luxury.
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When I was about nine years old, I announced to my mother that I was going to cook Thanksgiving dinner. And I went to the library and got this whole pile of books. I'd love to say it all turned out great. It didn't. But, sort of, from that point on, whenever there was serious cooking at home, I was the one who did it.
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There are writers whose first drafts are so lean, so skimpy, that they must go back and add words, sentences, paragraphs to make their fiction intelligible or interesting. I don't know any of these writers.
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Everybody makes mistakes, but when goalkeepers make them, it is costly. That's the nature of being a goalkeeper.
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I think, anyone in the arts, you're self-employed; it's so difficult.
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I don't want my life to be about a house and a car.
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Unless generosity of spirit prevails among men, there can never be upon earth an ideal life.
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I'm not complaining about my life; every moment of it has been fantastic, and I'm so lucky.
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As polarized as we have been, we Americans are locked in a cultural war for the soul of our country.
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As it happens in relationships that are open and frank and based on mutual respect, you say things as you think them, and this doesn't mean that you don't work together in a constructive way.
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Just taking care of yourself is a job of its own.
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Winners have standards.
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I could be stranded in any town in the United States with ten cents and within an hour make $20 with the shell game.
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Obligations may be universal or particular.
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You have to lead by example. You have to be the calmest person in the room. You have to be very open. I think the qualities of a director are to enable and to find the best in everybody.
