Ned Beauman Quotes
I'm very finicky about when I'm in the right mood to write. So most days, I find some excuse not to do anything.
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I walk around - people know who I am. I've got friends. I can make ends meet. I grew up around people who have been hustling from the start, so I think I've got a bright little future ahead of me - especially if I don't fight. Why would I want to go out there and fight with somebody, get my face punched and kicked. It's not my idea of a good time.
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If you work in a public space, you have to be aware that no one is buying a ticket.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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Singing for me has always been a joyous but private pleasure that connects me in a lyric thread to my beloved grandmother Alice.
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I'm mostly drawn to narratives that are difficult for me to visualize.
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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
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I get really insecure because even though I can speak in musician's terms, I don't know as much as real musicians.
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I'm going to find solutions wherever I can. I think it's all a priority. You can't just say, 'OK, I'm going to work on this but not that.' You have to work on all of it.
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Giving only 50% of your fortune is not enough.
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Over the years, I have realized that there's more to a film's fate than just good acting and a solid script. It needs to be marketed well. It's the package that sells - the songs, action, actors, etc.
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God's been very good to me. I'm truly blessed.
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When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.
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What matters is discovering myself under the veneer, under the layers that are wrapped around me. There are two 'yous'; there's 'you', the real you, and then there's the image.
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Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.
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Listening is more important than anything else because that's what music is. Somebody is playing something and you're receiving it. It is sending and receiving.
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Do your best, one shot at a time and then move on. Remember that golf is just a game.
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When you cover the economy as a reporter, there's one part of the job that is always easy: finding economists who disagree.
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I'm reading scripts just like everybody else. Tin cup in hand, knocking on doors, trying to get a job. It's tough. They don't make as many films these days, and there's a lot of guys that are fighting for jobs.
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The Christians tried to separate themselves from the Jewish crowd so they wouldn't be the recipients of the persecution of the Romans. And the way they did it was to say, the Jews killed our hero too. And so Christians began to define themselves over against the orthodox party of the Jews as a way of surviving against the Roman onslaught.
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Nothing is as important as the biggest day in your life.
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Nine-tenths of the miseries and vices of mankind proceed from idleness.
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In most instances, the driving force behind the action is the mood, the personality, the attitude of the character - or all three. Therefore, the mind is the pilot. We think of things before the body does them.
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I'm very finicky about when I'm in the right mood to write. So most days, I find some excuse not to do anything.
