Some introverts are perfectly comfortable with public speaking; I'm not one of them.
Susan Cain
Recitation: by Male by Female
The writer creates the role on the page and then the actor takes it and makes it their own.
Joanna Kerns
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Young people have a right to optimism, and rightly so; human beings have grown and developed and accomplished wonderful feats in the world. But what mires me in pessimism is the fact that so much of life is pain and sorrow and willful ignorance and violence, and pushing back against that tide takes so much effort, so much steady fight. It's tiring.
Jesmyn Ward
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Inspiration comes from the world around me. I'm an inveterate eavesdropper.
Jenny Nimmo
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No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds.
John Ruskin
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I learned to focus my energy on high-quality, long-term projects rather than lower-quality projects with quicker payoffs.
Steven Pinker
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Obviously, I like the drums to be heard. I think they're important.
Roger Taylor
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I was researching my family tree, and I was deeply hoping I was going to turn out to be Eastern European, but I'm not.
Miranda Otto
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I always listen to music, my passion and vice is music, I will be denied access to heaven because of the number of CDs I own, and I have gluttony for all types and colours of music.
Anthony Minghella
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Anyone can sit down and write two pages of a novel, then forget about it, and a week later write five pages of a screenplay, then forget about it, and a week later start another novel... etc, etc.
Antony Johnston
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I thought I was going to be a serious screenwriter and produce serious films. It was going to be 'American Beauty' and very important work.
Phoebe Robinson
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I'm not very good at science or math, even though I pretend. And I'm not very good at teaching. I'm not very patient.
Rick Smolan
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I was born to sell it as a kid. I think it's partially innate, and partly it's because my parents were always very clear: if I needed anything that wasn't a necessity, I was going to have to save my money and buy it myself. That meant not only did I have to buy basketball shoes, but I had to figure out how to pay for college as well.
Mark Cuban
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