Claire Forlani Quotes
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And apparently things like a Vindaloo curry are out for the rest of my life, or at least a long time.
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I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.
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I don't think I'm a workaholic. Every weekend, I invite my colleagues and friends to my home to play cards. And people, my neighbors, are always surprised because I live on the second floor apartment, and there are usually 40 pairs of shoes in front of my gate, and people play cards inside and play chess. We have a lot of fun.
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Making a movie is like an accelerated version of growing up with someone. You spend so many hours a day with each other, and you're putting your heart into this same effort.
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Blinking is some way of tabulating - a kind of carriage return, click, or save to disk - that helps the process of 'Okay, now change the subject.' Every time you move your eyes, there's an interruption in the visual field - you go momentarily blind when your eyeballs are moving.
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Perhaps the truest axiom in baseball is that the toughest thing to do is repeat.
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My calling, as one imperfect human, is to celebrate and uphold life every time I get the chance.
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My mother born in Mexico, but was Lebanese in origin. She born 1902 the same year my father arrived to Mexico when he was 14 years old.
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If you want to play it safe, mix a lot of colors in the same tone and that is such an easy way to feel modern and feel a little confident.
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Where would we be without inhibitions? They're quite useful things when you look at some of the things humans do if they lose them.
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My books are shelved in different places, depending on the bookstore. Sometimes they can be found in the Mystery section, sometimes in the Humor department, and occasionally even in the Literature aisle, which is somewhat astounding.
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I know I have a responsibility to the fans.
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There is nothing that compares to the Holocaust.
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Nothing much interested me other than playing with language and telling stories and doing something with the wonders of the world around me.
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I know what it feels like to represent clients who can't get restraining orders on abusive partners.
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Pineapple reduces swelling.
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When you like something, you find time to do it.
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Attachment and aversion are the root cause of karma, and karma originates from infatuation. Karma is the root cause of birth and death, and these are said to be the source of misery. None can escape the effect of their own past karma.
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Bosnia is under my skin. It's the place you cannot leave behind. I was obsessed by the nightmare of it all; there was this sense of guilt, and an anger that has become something much deeper over these last years.
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Art is not predictable. Art is not golf, as great as that may be. There are 360 degrees of choice to make.
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The win-win situation is the basis for America's entire business world. Instead of wasting our time attempting to defeat each other, let's find a way that will make both of us gain and go home satisfied. In Israel, it doesn't work because the only meaning of victory is seeing your rival's body lying trampled on the floor.
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People are going to bash you. You get rejected. It's hard. I don't really feel like that's my place as the teacher. I think the most important thing is to figure out what they're trying to do and turn them onto writers who are doing similar stuff. I think that's something I can do more than anything else: get them to be big readers.
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I think I've set some big goals. The American people haven't had a raise in 15 years. Getting incomes up is a huge goal. Now maybe it's not as exciting to some people, but it's a huge goal.
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The weather in England can really darken your spirits.
