- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Saying Quotes
The gap between what's said and what's meant.
This set focuses on the friction around saying things: doubts other people voice about an unusual project, the strangeness of writing lyrics meant for someone else's voice, and family conflicts that get said and later forgiven. It pairs well with our Know quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never thought of myself as a role model, but I've had so many messages from girls, women, mothers saying I was an inspiration.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm extremely straightforward. And I can't do that sort of traditional girl thing of saying one thing that actually means something else. I never understood it, and I still don't understand it.
- Path
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- Nov 07, 2020
It took me 13 months just to prepare for 'M.S. Dhoni'... I started by watching every single video I could find of his, repeatedly. After three months, people who met me started saying that they could see similarities, and I knew I was on the right path.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I personally don't lock in a performance, because I do leave room for things to happen, so I just make sure I'm very intimate with what I'm saying and why I'm saying it so that no matter what happens, we can do whatever we want to do and leave space for play.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cost recovery is the polite way of saying, make families pay to educate their children.
- Listening
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- Nov 07, 2020
What, exactly, did Sjahrir do for the Republic? ... His entire underground effort can be summed up by saying that he sat quietly and safely away somewhere listening to a clandestine radio.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody's saying, be skeptical of Wikipedia. That is true. They should also be skeptical of everything. We should all be critical consumers of the media.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I fell for my own hype. I had too many people saying I couldn't be beat, and I actually fell for it.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The similarity between the big directors I've worked with is that they allow the writer to find a way of doing what they want done without saying 'do it this way.' They describe what they want, then letting the writer figure out a way to do it.
- Certain Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing can ever be a rule in drama, because then you're saying certain things won't ever happen, and that would be very boring.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought food and drink were just part of the perks of living at the White House. The next day, I got a call from his secretary saying my dad wanted to see me in the Oval Office, and when I got there, dad was waving this little pink receipt. I didn't know it came out of his salary.
- Freedom From
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- Nov 07, 2020