Faith Salie Quotes

Any responsible essayist or memoir writer who's writing about herself is not just saying, 'Here's what happened,' and opening up her diary. There needs to be consideration of other people's feelings.

Faith Salie

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Alison Pill is the unsung hero of 'Three Tall Women' to me. She's extraordinary in this part, and she makes it look easy. I'm just in awe of her.

Joe Mantello

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My father was a little frightening - a huge man, six foot four - and he looked like God. He was always a visitor, as far as I was concerned, because my parents separated when I was nine. We only became friends when he was old and began to shrink. During the war, he was a BBC war correspondent and did some extraordinary broadcasts.

Jennifer Johnston

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I think that for me as a person, it's very easy for me to hear, 'It's too difficult.' Or, 'You're not easy to cast.' And, 'You're not beautiful,' and this and that.

Melanie Lynskey

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I worked in the Senate in the 1970s. I worked for the Labor, Public Welfare Committee, and we had Ted Kennedy and my old boss, Bill Hathaway, and Walter Mondale.

Angus King

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I went from just a regular nappy-headed kid in poverty to Amar'e Stoudemire, New York Knicks captain superstar. But there's a lot in between that allowed me to get from point A to point B.

Amar'e Stoudemire

New YorkMePovertyNewCaptainKid

You know how I came up with the name 'Road to the Super Bowl?' It's an homage to the old Bob Hope - Bing Crosby buddy movies - you know, like 'Road to Zanzibar' or 'Road to Morocco.' Can you tell? All I've done my whole life is go to movies.

Steve Sabol

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I'm obviously aware that most people don't agree with me, that people like to escape into a coherent world that is apart from their own.

David Shields

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Everyone's going to fail at some point. Even if you choose the steadiest career, you're going to go through that.

Constance Wu

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I think it's not a big secret that I like to work a lot. I really go out for projects when I find things I'm passionate about.

Clifton Collins, Jr.

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I grew up 150-200 miles from any city. You simply didn't have much connection with the outside world. So my dreams were always to get out. It's a familiar kind of thing, I think, for anybody in a small town.

Bobbie Ann Mason

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Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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Work ends up dehumanizing people.

Pope Francis

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