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“It's good not only to realize that you can't please all of the people all of the time, but that you don't want to. There's a certain type of reader that you don't ever want to write for.”

People Want Writing Certain Realizing Type Reader Please

Author:Dennis Lehane

“I do have a stunt double because there are certain things that they won't let me do. Like they won't set fire to me. They won't like let me jump off a 20 story building. There are certain big stunts that it's just impossible to get insurance to let me do, but for the most part I'd say I do probably 75% of my stuff.”

Stories Bigs Certain Stuff Fire Impossible Building Let Me Get Insurance

Author:Alex O'Loughlin

“Before college, I acted in my room, to classical music, because music tells stories. I'd put on a record and proceed, silently. I'd keep putting the needle back to a certain segment because I hadn't died well enough. I had to really, really feel dead. I'd love to do a death scene.”

Feels Wells Enough Stories Certain Rooms Records College Scene Music Is Died Classical Music Needles

Author:Amanda Plummer

“I think every fiction writer, to a certain extent, is a schizophrenic and able to have two or three or five voices in his or her body. We seek, through our profession, to get those voices onto paper.”

Thinking Two Body Able Certain Three Voice Fiction Five Paper Profession Fiction Writers Schizophrenic

Author:Ridley Pearson

“The Dark Side of the Moon is a fine album with a textural and conceptual richness that not only invites, but demands involvement. There is a certain grandeur.”

Certain Sides Dark Fine Moon Demand Albums Invites Involvement Richness Grandeur Dark Side

Author:Alan Parsons

“There are certain moments in the history of a nation when the choices made define the decades to come.”

Made Moments Certain Choices Nations Decades Choices Made

Author:George Papandreou

“Well, I've been a professional racer for nine years. And if I could get it to pay me as much as acting, I'd give up all the rest in a second. Working in television, however, has made me accustomed to a certain lifestyle that I'd like to maintain.”

Ifs Giving Years Wells Made Certain Pay Acting Television Giving Up Lifestyle Nine If I Could Accustomed Nine Years Racers

Author:Jason Priestley

“Every movie soaks into you for a certain amount of time.”

Certain Amount

Author:Joaquin Phoenix

“I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer.”

Writing Film Certain Literature My Own Cases Reader Difficulty Limitation Viewers Concentrating

Author:Manuel Puig

“I don't really ever think about whether or not I like the characters I'm playing. I'm more into the minutiae of their behaviour or what they're doing in a certain scene.”

Thinking Character Certain Scene Behaviour Minutiae

Author:Mary-Louise Parker

“My title is intended to suggest that the community of scientists is organized in a way which resembles certain features of a body politic and works according to economic principles similar to those by which the production of material goods is regulated.”

Way Body Certain Community Principles Economic Materials Scientist Productions Titles Features Organized Goods

Author:Michael Polanyi

“So long as we use a certain language, all questions that we can ask will have to be formulated in it and will thereby confirm the theory of the universe which is implied in the vocabulary and structure of the language.”

Long Use Certain Universe Asks Language Theory Structure Vocabulary Implied

Author:Michael Polanyi

“There are certain things you learn to do as a parent - using every single part of your body because you're multitasking all the time. You're holding the baby and you're closing the door with your left foot.”

Body Certain Left Parent Doors Feet Baby Your Body Closing Multitasking

Author:Amy Ryan

“It wasn't until I left that I realised it's not weird to grow up in certain cities and, by the age of 27 or 28, for all of your friends to still be alive. I can think of a lot of kids that I knew in Chicago who were supposed to grow up but didn't.”

Thinking Stills I Can Kids Age Certain Left Grows Cities Growing Up Alive Chicago Realised

Author:Chance the Rapper

“When you look at movies, the lead girl is always gorgeous and thin. There is a stereotype that you need to look a certain way and when you get in the business you really feel the pressure.”

Way Needs Feels Looks Certain Girl Pressure Stereotype Gorgeous

Author:Margot Robbie

“I think the musicians I play with solo do a certain thing that the musicians we play with with the Indigo Girls don't do. It's just a different thing. And it sort of steers my writing in some ways.”

Thinking Way Writing Different Play Certain Girl Musician Different Things Solo Steers Indigo

Author:Amy Ray

“What do we have in life, really? If we're lucky we get to a certain age, and we have each other. We have the food we like. We have our crazy little rituals. And we have each other.”

Ifs Littles Age Certain Crazy Lucky Ritual

Author:David O. Russell

“I grew up with Scientology - my parents at one point were clerical. It's a pragmatic philosophy, not merely a belief system. Yeah, it's had media exposure because certain luminaries do Scientology, but millions of people do it who are not celebrities. It's not a threat or some cult.”

People Philosophy Certain Belief Parent Millions Media Grew Grew Up Yeah Threat Cult Exposure Pragmatic Belief Systems Scientology

Author:Giovanni Ribisi

“In the evolution of mankind there has always been a certain degree of social coherence.”

Certain Social Mankind Evolution Degrees Coherence

Book:Selected writings: poetry and criticism

Source: Selected writings: poetry and criticism

“Till now poets were privileged to insert a certain proportion of nonsense - very far in excess of one-half of one per cent - into their otherwise sober documents.”

Certain Half Poet Proportion Nonsense Excess Cents Documents Privileged Sober One Half Insert Ransom

Author:John Crowe Ransom

“Just look at all the awards shows now. It has turned into a catwalk. You have to be wearing a certain designer, a certain dress, and everyone's critiquing.”

Looks Shows Certain Dresses Designer Awards Award Shows Catwalk

Author:Portia de Rossi

“I'm not certain, but I have a little gypsy blood in me. And my mother always told me that her grandma could give someone the evil eye, and I'd better not cross her because she had some of that blood in her. Mother always believed that she could predict the future, and she had dreams that came true.”

Giving Littles Dream Eye Mother Certain Evil Blood Crosses Always Believe Grandma Gypsy Evil Eye

Author:Sam Raimi

“You cannot go beyond a certain limit in your expenditure if you want to bring back money from your local market, which is very small after Pakistan.”

Ifs Want Certain Limits Locals Pakistan Expenditures

Book:Satyajit Ray: Interviews

Source: Satyajit Ray: Interviews

“I've worked in network and cable on and off for a number of years, and you just understand what your parameters are. A lot of times, I think the best work that my team has come up with comes from having to deal with certain boundaries.”

Thinking Years Certain Deals Numbers Team Come Up Boundaries Cables Best Work And Off Parameters

Author:Shawn Ryan

“There are certain economics involved in making a network TV show that you want to amortize the costs of that, so the more episodes you make, the cheaper they all are individually.”

Want Shows Certain Tvs Involved Cost Economics Episodes Tv Shows Cheaper

Author:Shawn Ryan

“I enjoy playing clubs. I still enjoy the closeness of the nightclub venue. However, after a certain period of time and after playing around some of the clubs in New YorkI felt that jazz should be presented in a more prestigious atmosphere.”

Should Stills Certain Felt Enjoy Periods Jazz Clubs Atmosphere Ever After Closeness Venues Nightclubs Prestigious Playing Around Night Club

Author:Sonny Rollins

“Some players don't like training and I've seen some players who aren't bothered if they play or not. But I want to play every game. Sometimes you have to rest in certain games, but I want to play in every game.”

Ifs Want Sometimes Play Certain Games Player Training Bothered

Author:Wayne Rooney

“The state of mind of a fighter is so important. I don't like to see a fighter stay locked up in a room. Sometimes it works against them. They think and they worry. They dwell, sitting in that dark room. You come back and they're psyched out. I like to see boxers eat and then walk, mingle with people. You have to have a certain amount of movement.”

People Thinking Mind Important Sometimes States Certain Dark Walks Rooms Worry Movement Amount Sitting Fighter State Of Mind Locked Boxers Locked Up Dark Room

Author:Emanuel Steward

“I come from a time when pop music was the coin of the cultural realm and in a certain way was the only coin of the realm; movies didn't matter as much, and not TV - it was all about pop music. In the era when I started - which was the early '60s - it was all about singles leading to albums.”

Way Matter Certain Tvs Albums Pops Eras Realms Coins Pop Music Singles

Author:Fred Seibert

“Information imposes certain criteria on how it can be stored.”

Certain Information Criteria

Author:John Maynard Smith

“In certain parts of the world - where I'm at right now in New York, you're going to pay a whole lot more. In Los Angeles, your average starter home is a million dollars. So I need more money in Los Angeles to live like a normal person. If I live in another city, Iowa maybe, I wouldn't need as much.”

Ifs World Needs Persons Whole Home Certain Pay Cities Millions New York Right Now Normal Dollars Average Los Angeles More Money Million Dollars Iowa Starters

Author:Karrine Steffans

“Once you have a certain amount of money, it ceases to be an issue. I'd rather put my cultural imprint on the fabric of life. After money, all you want is immortality.”

Want Certain Issues Amount Cease Immortality Fabric Fabric Of Life

Author:Shane Smith

“As a writer I've learned certain lessons. One of them is to be careful about how you put a view, and to bear in mind how easily and readily you'll be misinterpreted.”

Mind Certain Views Bears Lessons Careful I've Learned Be Careful Misinterpreted

Author:Alexander McCall Smith

“We had many books and pictures... my parents' way of life doubtless left a lasting impression on me. They created an atmosphere in which a certain kind of freedom could exist. This may well account for my seeking a related sense of liberty as I grew up.”

Way Wells Kind May Book Certain Left Parent Liberty Grew Grew Up Accounts Seeking Impression Atmosphere Related Lasting Lasting Impressions

Book:Alfred Stieglitz: an American seer

Source: Alfred Stieglitz: an American seer

“I like a certain style of show, I like a certain pace, I like a rhythm, I like a lot of comedy in with my drama.”

Shows Certain Comedy Style Drama Rhythm Pace

Author:Amy Sherman-Palladino

“My musical director, Mark Cherry, is the most wonderful person who ever lived on God's good green Earth. He's my director, he does the arrangements. Really, he does everything - including certain janitorial chores!”

Persons Doe Earth Certain Wonderful Directors Mark Green Musical Including Arrangements Cherries Chores Green Earth Wonderful Person

Author:Brett Somers

“I've been boxing ever since I was 16. I love surprising people who think a short, blond girl can't fight! Just because I look a certain way doesn't mean I'm weak.”

People Thinking Way Looks Mean Certain Girl Fighting Weak Boxing Surprising

Author:Brittany Snow

“There's this index that tallies up how much your movies have made, and if they haven't grossed a certain amount, then you're not bankable. I know I'm not Will Smith but, you know, my ranking's pretty low. The only studio picture I've done is Zodiac, and that didn't perform that well.”

Ifs Knows Wells Made Done Certain Havens Amount Lows Studios Ranking Zodiac

Author:Chloe Sevigny

“I've found that sitting around and obsessing about projects moving forward, when there's actually nothing I can do about it, at a certain point, is really counter-productive.”

I Can Moving Certain Found Can Do Projects Sitting Moving Forward Productive Sitting Around Obsessing

Author:Danny Strong

“I have pretty ecumenical tastes. I'm interested in a lot of different kinds of music, so I don't listen with a jaundiced ear to music because it's in a certain category, whether it's country or opera or hip-hop or bebop or whatever it is.”

Kind Different Country Certain Taste Music Is Ears Hip Hop Hips Hops Categories Opera Different Kinds Different Kinds Of Music Bebop

Author:David Sanborn

“Jazz music should be inclusive. Smooth jazz to me rules out a certain kind of drama and a certain tension that I think all music needs. Especially jazz music, since improvising is one of the cornerstones of what jazz is. And when you smooth it out, you take all the drama out of it.”

Thinking Needs Should Kind Certain Drama Jazz Tension Smooth Jazz Music Cornerstones Improvising Smooth Jazz

Author:David Sanborn

“Cold Case Files and similar shows do bang up business, which points to a certain thirst for details in the viewership, but it seems like all the news chat shows continue to force the myth that Americans can’t stand detail and have no interest in an idea that can’t fit on a bumper sticker.”

Ideas Shows Seems Certain Force Interest Cases Cold Fit News Details Myth Thirst Bangs Files Bumper Sticker Bumper Sticker Cold Case

Author:Hal Sparks

“For under certain conditions the chemical atoms emit light waves of a specific length or oscillation frequency - their familiar characteristic spectra - and these can come in the form of electromagnetic waves only from accelerated electric quanta.”

Light Form Certain Conditions Wave Familiar Characteristics Length Chemicals Atoms Electric Quantum Frequency Oscillation Electromagnetic Waves Light Waves

Author:Johannes Stark

“There are certain actors who are very good at improvising, like Dustin Hoffman and Glenda Jackson.”

Certain Actors Very Good Improvising

Author:John Schlesinger

“And the invention of transformations of certain figures has become the most important in musical composition.”

Important Certain Figures Transformation Musical Invention Composition Musical Composition

Author:Karlheinz Stockhausen

“It's very certain that North Korea is developing nuclear weapons for offensive purposes. They don't need nuclear weapons to defend their own country.”

Needs Country Purpose Certain Weapons Nuclear Developing Nuclear Weapons Offensive Korea North Korea

Author:Kim Young-sam

“People who drain others have a certain world they want to get to when they die, and you're their ticket!”

People World Want Certain Dies Tickets Drains

Author:Frederick Lenz

“As a person progresses along the path of power, they attract certain forces and beings from other dimensions, who feel the power that you are storing. Sometimes they want some of it; sometimes they want to ruin you. We call these beings entities.”

Want Feels Persons Sometimes Certain Force Path Progress Ruins Dimensions Entity

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Entities can see a certain amount because they are outside of the physical dimensional plane.”

Dream Certain Amount Planes Entity

Author:Frederick Lenz

“There is wisdom in not letting anyone really know who you are or what you are like. If you define yourself, people hold you in their mind a certain way making it difficult to change.”

People Ifs Knows Way Mind Wisdom Certain Difficult Buddhism Who You Are Define Yourself

Author:Frederick Lenz

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