Courtney A. Kemp Quotes

The impetus for 'Power' was me writing about my dad, who was an advertising executive and very interested in image. He thought that perception was reality and what people thought of you was what was real about you.

Courtney A. Kemp

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PowerPeopleMeWritingAdvertising

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

KnowledgeHeartMy OwnEveryoneOwn

I don't think you can question your instinct; you should always trust it.

Andrea Arnold

TrustThinkYouQuestionAlways

You're always a little disappointing in person because you can't be the edited essence of yourself.

Mel Brooks

YourselfYouPersonAlwaysLittle

You can work and scratch out a living in the theatre, but, if you want to make money, you've got to hit the road. You've got to play big houses of 2, 3 thousand seaters with your name above the bill, do popular fare and reach out to the audience such as it is.

Maxwell Caulfield

WorkMoneyTheatreRoadNameReach

Americans are apt to be unduly interested in discovering what average opinion believes average opinion to be.

John Maynard Keynes

OpinionAverageInterestedBelieves

People know I like to laugh and have a good time. Even when I'm sassy, it's still kind of stupid-silly.

Alyssa Edwards

GoodTimePeopleLaughKnowKind

Believe me, if anybody has a job and starts at 9, there's no reason why they can't get up at 4:30 or five and write for a couple of hours, and give their employers their second-best effort of the day - which is what I did.

Mary Oliver

DayJobEffortMeBelieveWhy

I've been on shows where they're just setting it up, and they're trying to find the tone of the writing and performance. That's always a really chaotic period on shows.

Miranda Otto

WritingPerformanceTryingFindUp

Fear is contagious, and those who wish America to become a faith-based society are doing their best to spread it.

Judy Blume

FearBestSocietyWishDoingBecome

Tarsem Singh was such a fantastic director.

Joseph Morgan

DirectorFantastic

Arizona has three of the top 10 public high schools in the nation. We know how to educate a child. We just need to do it more often in more locations, and where we're having issues are in low-income areas where - where kids don't have a parent that cares or two parents that care, and, of course, also in our tribal nations.

Doug Ducey

ChildParentsCareParentKnowTop

I'm a light sleeper, but so long as I'm wearing earplugs, I sleep well.

Britt Ekland

LightSleepLongWellWearing

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