Taylor Jenkins Reid Quotes

Writing for TV entails saying every dumb idea that comes into your head to a room of people. And doing so with the confidence that it doesn't make you look like an idiot.

Taylor Jenkins Reid

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I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like doing physical movies and I like doing movies where the writing is very lean.

Jodie Foster

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The woman's perspective is like the dark side of the moon: it always exists, but it is never exposed, at least not in my culture.

Ang Lee

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I still find trusting people quite hard. I've got a couple of mates that I do let in, but that's it. It's something I've got to sort out - I cut people off.

Robbie Williams

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It's often better to read first-rate science fiction than second-rate science - it's far more stimulating, and perhaps no more likely to be wrong.

Martin Rees

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I never used to get homesick when I first moved to L.A.

Michaela Conlin

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I feel less pressure to dress youthfully. I'm 50 and everyone knows I'm 50 - who are you kidding? Jeans are my uniform. I have about 15 pairs.

Michelle Pfeiffer

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I love to see how a character unfolds off the page in a project. I don't always know how the character is going to turn out, even with the script being there. It's not always clear where that character is going to take me. Or where I will take them.

Lorraine Toussaint

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Everything I do in my political life is colored by my military service. It was the defining moment in my life and helped me develop the leadership skills that I still utilize.

Jason Kander

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Everybody goes to clinics, to hospitals, to doctors, and so on. Some people go to Planned Parenthood. But you don't have to go to Planned Parenthood to get your cholesterol or your blood pressure checked. If you want an abortion, you go to Planned Parenthood, and that's well over 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does.

Jon Kyl

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The dark side is when you are with family and friends, and you have paparazzi screaming at you - that's been hard to deal with.

Dev Patel

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We just make music. For I never stop working.

Dennis Brown

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I suppose I've been very fortunate in terms of my longevity and my voice and the way it has held up over the years. I hope to be able to keep on doing what I'm doing until I can't do it anymore.

Colm Wilkinson

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