Nancy Duarte Quotes

Some people rehearse to a point where they're robotic, and they sound like they have memorized their presentation and didn't take it to the next level. Going from sounding memorized and canned to sounding natural is a lot of work.

Nancy Duarte

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I have been definitely influenced more by Latin American writers than by any other type of writer. They are very close in terms of voice - their humor, their fatalism, their... well, that over-used term 'magical realism.' It's a wonderful term that's just been used so much, we don't know what it means anymore.

Jessica Hagedorn

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As languages go, English is pretty user friendly. If you look at a tiny language spoken somewhere that most of us have never heard of, chances are it's going to be so complicated that you have a hard time imagining how people can walk around speaking it without having a stroke.

John McWhorter

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People wonder aloud about whether I am an okay mother. That is obviously painful because it's so important to me. It's hard to hear that people think I'm not a capable mother and a good person, that they just think I'm nuts.

Angelina Jolie

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I can't imagine actually singing on this show like I did on 'Felicity', but it would be kind of funny.

Amy Jo Johnson

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In theater, the playwright is the boss, period. The decisions will go through him or her. In movies, the writer is pretty far down on the list.

Tracy Letts

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When we take time to notice the things that go right - it means we're getting a lot of little rewards throughout the day.

Martin Seligman

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When the Left agitates over government policies, it's considered righteous anger. When the Right - and much of the center - agitate, it's painted as the rantings of the criminally and violently insane.

Monica Crowley

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Playing shows and making records keeps been getting easier and more fun.

Jonathan Richman

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I just never really though you could or couldn't listen to a certain type of music.

Jon Bellion

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I used to teach acting in a maximum security men's prison. I worked with guys with the most dysfunctional behavior problems. I probably learned more there than from my prestigious theater degree.

Diane Farr

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I mean, on the food chain, do instruments really rate? I don't think so.

Peabo Bryson

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With any free time I have, I'd take a high energy work out class at Soul Cycle, grab an outdoor bite somewhere by the beach and then finish it off by lounging at my pool.

Tia Mowry

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