Whit Stillman Quotes

I remember trying to write at 1, 1:30 A.M., and just sort of falling asleep. And I think that was actually a good creative state for weird ideas. I shifted to a morning schedule once I had two kids, and I still found that if I slept badly, I actually had better ideas.

Whit Stillman

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I couldn't really experience being an author when I was still working in publishing - I was trying to negotiate being both. Sometimes the knowledge doesn't translate between the two roles.

Jennifer Gilmore

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We need more women solving different problems, starting companies, and creating jobs to drive our economy and society forward.

Andrew Yang

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There's the push and pull you put on yourself and the push and pull the world puts on you. Most of the time, the world's going to win out, because it's just logical that you should be more successful and more motivated. You can always be more.

John Krasinski

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Goaltending was brought in because of Mikan and Chamberlain. So rules do change for specific players, in concert with a need to stay up to date on how coaches are taking advantage of the rules.

Jeff Van Gundy

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And that's what I've learned too: writing is key.

Trish Stratus

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I've made a lot of progress. As a man, mentally, but also physically. And tactically, too. That's a given with a manager like Antonio Conte. He likes you to work, work, work. Every day.

Michy Batshuayi

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I won it, at least five million times. Men who were stronger, bigger and faster than I was could have done it, but they never picked up a pole, and never made the feeble effort to pick their legs off the ground and get over the bar.

Bob Richards

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I loved 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.' I read it later as an adult, but I loved 'We Have Always Lived in a Castle.' And that brings you around to 'The Lottery.' You can't pretend - it's a lottery in which you draw a name and people die. That's a short story, but it's such an incredible short story.

Suzanne Collins

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The end of the studio system signalled the end of the great screen stars. They were the sort of actors who brought their own charismatic personas to each role they played. Audiences felt as if they knew them immediately every time they watched one of their movies.

Peter Bogdanovich

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I worked in Maynard Jackson's first campaign, and I remember the excitement we felt when he won.

Pearl Cleage

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I'm just, 'Hi, I'm Shamir. I'm gonna sing, hug you, then you can buy my album.'

Shamir

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Work is good when people are responsible, and in low-budget movies a lot of the actors don't want to be there. They're there to build a resume.

Sean Young

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