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Nancy Meyers Quotes

I've always been blessed with confidence. I am a glass-half-full person. My first movie, 'Private Benjamin,' got turned down by every studio until the very last one, but I just kept thinking, 'Why are you people not seeing that this is a hit movie? What is wrong with you?'

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: american
Birth: December 8, 1949

Topics

Confidence I Am People Blessed You

My instincts tell me that you will spiral into a very unhealthy place if you start pondering about how other people think about you and, quite frankly, I don't want to go there.

People Me Start Think You Place

It's important for Asian American kids to see themselves in stories and to feel seen. They need to know that their stories are universal, too, that they, too, can fall in love in a teen movie. They don't have to be the sidekick; they can be the hero.

Love Hero Teen American Feel Fall

What is astonishing about the social history of the Vietnam war is not how many people avoided it, but how many could not and did not.

John Gregory Dunne

History War People Vietnam War How

Every time I see a live performance of something, I'm like, 'I want to be doing that!'

Live Time Performance Doing Want

I think that each of us inhabits a private world that others cannot see. The only difference between the writer and the reader is that the writer is able to dramatise that private world.

World Think Others Difference See

Great musicians accept everything that they hear and find something good. They take what they like and they throw away what they don't like.

Good Great Musicians Find Accept

My mother believed in curses, karma, good luck, bad luck, feng shui. Her amorphous set of beliefs showed me you can pick and choose the qualities of your philosophy, based on what works for you.

Good Mother Me Luck Good Luck Karma

Sometimes, when I'm just watching TV at home, I cut some aloe vera leaves and use the inside gel part as a mask. It's incredible how much comes out of every cut - you can just do a little slice. I buy the leaves at health food stores. You can get single whole leaves, and they kind of last you forever.

Home Health Food Mask You Sometimes

I launched Imperia at the Statue of Liberty because I wanted to use something symbolic. I like American society because it always wants to do something new and better.

Society Better American Liberty New

Regardless of any title I'll ever hold, the most important job I'll ever have is spelled D-A-D.

Job Important Hold The Most Important

Nobody intimidates me.

Mike Singletary

I know there are fewer women comics, and I think there'll continue to be an inherent sexism in many industries, comedy being one, just because things do take a while to evolve. Things are changing, but it's going to take time. I accept this rather than getting angry about it.

Women Time Angry Think Comedy Know

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