Paula Abdul Quotes
I'm grateful this ordeal is over, and I'm so looking forward to getting back to the job I love.
Quotes to Explore
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A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.
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I firmly believe that with President Trump in the White House, we have such a great opportunity as conservatives.
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I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without paying any money.
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When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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I love lamb shank. It's my favorite thing. You don't have it in America. It's a younger meat - it just falls off the bone - it's kind of like a roast. I really like blackened cod too.
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The great opportunity belongs to him who can see it, to him who can grasp it. The better part of your chance is right inside of you.
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Part of the reason for moving to New York was the sense that it just didn't matter how much work I did in England, I continued to be seen simply as a Redgrave. I did feel I could be who I am in New York and we all like to feel appreciated.
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I get bored easily.
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I think it's much harder to have a long dialogue scene than an action scene. An action scene is long, but it's not really hard. It's kind of boring, really. It looks good at the end, but to shoot it, it's not the most exciting thing.
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Project Xanadu is essentially my trademark. It was originally, and has returned to my arms as that.
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The patchwork political landscape of the Arab world - the client monarchies, degenerated nationalist dictatorships, and the imperial petrol stations known as the Gulf states - was the outcome of an intensive experience of Anglo-French colonialism.
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There's no religious test in our country, and there shouldn't be. We're an open, competitive society.
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By the time I got to set for 'Cobra,' I think I'd lost about 28 pounds in about a month and a half. I didn't want to look back and be like, 'Wow, someone should stop eating PB and J's.' Like, if I'm going to look back when I'm 80, I wanted to be like, 'Wow, okay, I looked pretty fit. I used my youth right.'
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Sexuality is a private matter; some believe that broadcasting it destroys the very things that make it sacred.
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Being an economist is the least ethical profession, closer to charlatanism than any science.
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I started writing regularly for 'The Atlantic' roughly around the time that Barack Obama got inaugurated.
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I never know going in if I've even got a movie to make. Once you start making a film, you hope there's going to be enough material! My job as a director is always to push for more.
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Coming up with novel ideas and converting them into real products has always been as natural as breathing for me.
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If the only thing you knew about Oman was its location, you might never go at all.
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There's nothing more powerful to a showrunner than a truly invested writer.
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Our challenge is to remind ourselves that we do have common interest, common grounds, and common dreams.
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I'm grateful this ordeal is over, and I'm so looking forward to getting back to the job I love.
