Mara Brock Akil Quotes

I often attribute my screenwriting to journalism because they drill in the who, what, when, where and why - but we really need to land on that why. That's what I've been exploring in my writing for many years and trying to get better at.

Mara Brock Akil

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At this point, I wouldn't be able to digest meat, and I don't like eating things with faces.

Joely Fisher

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In all religions, we hear of the Seven Planetary Genii: the Hindu tells of Seven Rishi, the Parsi of Seven Ameskaspentas, the Mohammedan of Seven Archangels, and our Christian religion has its Seven Spirits before the Throne.

Max Heindel

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With a nation at war against terrorism and our men and women on the front line defending our homeland from abroad, resources need to be prioritized and allocated properly.

Jeff Miller

WomenMenWarTerrorismNeedLine

When you write a two thousand page history of the Second World War, the deportations and the concentration camps will take up five pages, and the gas chambers perhaps 20 lines.

Jean-Marie Le Pen

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My approach to working in movies is to empower the director to have power over me and to really support his vision because he's the guy, at the end of the day, who's going to put it all together.

Jeff Bridges

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When I was small, in the early '70s, my mother took me to see 'Cooley High.'

John Singleton

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The Smithsonian should box and preserve Tim McGraw's Nashville den for a future exhibit entitled 'Early 21st Century American Man Cave.'

Stephen Rodrick

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According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes.

Robert Fripp

TodayManAmericaAttentionAverage

I love nothing more than to perform my songs in front of a live audience. And whatever I'm doing is driven toward finding or writing songs and putting out hit songs that drive people coming to see me live. Because, at the end of the day, that's what I enjoy the most.

Luke Bryan

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Close friends contribute to our personal growth. They also contribute to our personal pleasure, making the music sound sweeter, the wine taste richer, the laughter ring louder because they are there.

Judith Viorst

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Deep down, I feel 'Doll & Em' is a love letter to our dads, because we adored them.

Dolly Wells

LoveDeepFeelDownDollBecause

Under Ed Miliband's leadership, we are changing both our party's structures and culture.

Douglas Alexander

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