Taiye Selasi Quotes

Every Christmas, all around Ghana, there are tons of these parties and they are full of everything that exists in human life in Ghana and worldwide.

Taiye Selasi

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LifeChristmasHumanEverythingFull

I think everybody does go in expecting they're making 'Gone With The Wind' on their first movie. But you know, that's just not going to be the case, everybody. Hold onto your hat. Buckle in. It's probably going to take a few.

Jimmi Simpson

HatWindThinkYouGoKnow

But, you know, I just want to play well and have fun playing well.

Jennifer Capriati

FunHave FunYouPlayKnowWant

I came out of my shell in college.

Jenna Marbles

CollegeOutShellI CameCame

There aren't that many great female roles in Shakespeare - none that I'd be desperate to play.

Maxine Peake

GreatPlayDesperateNoneFemale

I wouldn't do a project if it weren't a story I wanted to tell. That's rewarding in itself, as a writer, if you're working on a story that you enjoy telling.

Stephen Schwartz

StoryEnjoyYouProjectTellWriter

There are many crooked lines and one straight line. Which is the line of truth? Why the straight line? Truth is always the shortest distance between two points.

Sun Myung Moon

TruthTruth IsDistanceWhyLine

It's exciting to do something like this because usually what happens in theater is that, after the first or second reading of a play, it falls apart completely and the rehearsal process is such that you begin to pick up the pieces and put it back together again.

Treat Williams

TogetherReadingProcessYouPlay

We are ultimately alone in that we are ultimately responsible for ourselves.

Robert Zemeckis

AloneResponsibleOurselves

I used to do my best thinking while staring out airplane windows. The seat-back video system put a stop to that. Now I sit and watch old' Friends' and 'Everybody Loves Raymond' episodes. Walking is good, but here again, technology has interfered. I like to listen to iTunes while I walk home. I guess I don't think anymore.

Mary Roach

GoodHomeTechnologyBestWalk

I'm a bad dater - I'm just not good at it. It's so weird dating in this town. It's like high school. I get a lot of people who have their publicist call my agent to ask, 'Is she dating anyone?'

Jules Asner

GoodDatingSchoolPeopleWeirdBad

I was raised in Maryland. My mom was born in London, and my dad was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Jovan Adepo

MomBornLondonI Was RaisedRaised

I did photograph Angelina Jolie up in Vancouver when she was making 'Life Or Something Like It', and they gave me the drawings they wanted me to photograph of her up there, but she didn't really care for them that much, and ultimately they weren't even used.

Douglas Kirkland

LifeMeCareSheUpPhotograph

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