- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Able Quotes
On capability, readiness and what makes action possible.
These quotes touch on being able to act: governments expected to give straight answers, leaders imagined thinking more imaginatively, and allies working to restore the unity needed to act together. For more, see our Being quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Laugh
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had accidentally gotten a laugh on a line in a play I was in during high school. I got hooked, but I had no idea I would ever be able to support myself by acting. I knew no one in the business. I was from the Midwest. No one within a radius of a thousand miles was doing anything like that.
- Art World
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the art world is one of the last bastions of this kind of sexism where there is a mythology about a woman not being able to be both and artist and a mother: that some very important creative crystal inside a woman would be shattered by the idea of having a child.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I enjoy getting an artist at the beginning stages, and then I'm able to pull out something that is so pure and actually create their individual style. From how they pick up the microphone, to how to look on the stage, to their dance steps, to their talk, their opinions, to what they wear, so it really gets to be developed from the beginning.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
With Lady Gaga I really stretched myself as a creative director, and because I was with this artist from before she got signed I was able to really take control of the opportunity and execute as a creative director.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to be able to say, 'you think you're odd, I'm even odder and I made it - you can too!' I want to direct, do more with 'The Dance Scene,' sign artists and just provide opportunities. I'm just getting started and having the time of my life!
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
As long as I'm able to actually maintain a career where I can write full-time, I'll be thrilled.
- Ear
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was actually tone deaf until I had tumors in my ears - I had very small ear canals - removed. Once they fixed that, I was actually able to sing in a pleasant manner.
- Stop
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think we should be able to work until we want to stop, which is what I'm going to have to do.
- Elf
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- Nov 07, 2020
So many of my characters have really crazy physicalities, so it's really fun to be able to say, like, 'I'm an elf who's the size of a dollar bill!'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think Mercedes-Benz says anything about me, really. I was in a situation where I was able to get a really nice car, and I'm proud to have it.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never been able to write narrative as a character, really. Jenny Lewis, I love her stuff, I love that she can weave these American Gothic fairytales. I feel like I sound inauthentic when I do that, so I tend to write from a personal standpoint.
- Best Interests
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- Nov 07, 2020
We should all be able to have faith that our governments are working in our best interests - and if they aren't, then they should be challenged and held to account.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I'm able to do so much because writing is what I love to do. So, often when I have free time, I choose to write and edit.
- Different Kinds
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things I've tried to do in my career is really write different kinds of books, so I'm able to broaden people's expectations of what I'm allowed to do.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020