You Can Do It Quotes - Page 10

• I don't think you can be a good listener unless you're a good listener. I think it's something that you really have to do, and if you really do it, then you can do it. If you don't do it, then you can't do it.

  Dick Gephardt

  Thinking, Good Listener, Can Do

  "Chameleon" by Richard Blow, www.motherjones.com. September/October 1994.

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• Dialogue that is written in dialect is very tiring to read. If you can do it brilliantly, fine. If other writers read your work and rave about your use of dialect, go for it. But be positive that you do it well, because otherwise it is a lot of work to read short stories or novels that are written in dialect. It makes our necks feel funny.

  Anne Lamott

  Writing, Being Positive, Dialect

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• I went into directing having observed and learned from the best. There was a certain standard of procedure. I found that I was equal to it. I thoroughly enjoyed directing, I liked it a lot. It's very satisfactory to see that you can do it. The art takes care of itself.

  William Monahan

  Art, Care, Found

  Source: collider.com

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• I think you know what? You've got to believe in yourself. You can do it.

  Juan Williams

  Believe, Thinking, Knows

  "Who's responsible for the fall of Ramadi: Iraq or the US?". "The Five" with Dana Perino, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Juan Williams, Eric Bolling, and Greg Gutfeld, www.foxnews.com. May 19, 2015.

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• I guess in my house when I was growing up, I was comfortable trying to be funny. And my dad, of course, it bugged him sometimes. He was trying to rest, and I was constantly trying to say something stupid to get a reaction. But I like doing these movies. You can do it in front of the camera and then it's over. I don't have to worry about being in front of too many people.

  Adam Sandler

  Growing Up, Dad, Stupid

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• I've had jokes stolen a thousand times. But if you can do it better than me, you can have it. I've had jokes stolen from me in the club when I'm next on stage. And my brain will start to turn, and the gears will start turning, and I'll go onstage and create a whole new bit.

  J. B. Smoove

  Brain, Next, Gears

  "JB Smoove, comic and torturer". TheWrap.com Interview, www.reuters.com. January 20, 2012.

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• The dog is more social. I am not saying that cats are totally unsocial but dogs are more social.

  Temple Grandin

  Dog, Cat, Training

  "Interview with Dr. Temple Grandin" by Jenny Dean, www.floppycats.com. May 23, 2012.

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• You go to school to figure out who you want to be and how you can do it, and [maybe] I should have, because the films would probably be technically better.

  John Waters

  School, Should Have, Want

  Source: www.timeout.com

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• Gather knowledge about the craft of writing. Immerse yourself in the art of it. Then write. Write yourself silly. Write yourself mad. Write yourself blind. Trust the excitement that builds within you when the idea is good and the writing is superb. You can do it, but that's the hell of it as well as the exultation of it. You have to do it.

  Elizabeth George

  Art, Silly, Writing

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• If I can do it, little old me, you can do it. Trust and believe.

  Bobby Green

  Believe, Mma, Littles

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• When you do something bad and you know you can do it, only you know you can do it. And do it while it's hot, man.

  Scott Raab

  Men, Hot, Knows

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• Songs are pretty easy. They are small, they are modular, they are about as big as a bagel. They are easy to build. Films are overwhelming in their magnitude and scope. By comparison, a lot of film directors wish they were writing songs because you can do it while getting your hair cut.

  Tom Waits

  Song, Writing, Cutting

  Interview with Mark Richardson, pitchfork.com. October 18, 2011.

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• if you want to be a little bit solitary and work very hard, you can do it more easily in New York than in a town like Paris or London. Because you depend so much for human relationships here on the phone. If you don't answer your phone, you are quite a lonely couple.

  Arman

  Lonely, New York, Couple

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• When you expand the civil-rights struggle to the level of human rights, you can then take the case of the black man in this country before the nations in the UN. You can take it before the General Assembly. You can take Uncle Sam before a world court. But the only level you can do it on is the level of human rights. Civil rights keeps you under his restrictions, under his jurisdiction. Civil rights keeps you in his pocket.

  Malcolm X

  Country, Uncles, Struggle

  "The Ballot or The Bullet (Cleveland Version)". Malcolm X's speech at Cory Methodist Church in Cleveland, Ohio (April 3, 1964) as quoted in "Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements" edited by George Breitman (pp. 23-44), 1965.

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• All we ever got in those [early] days was "Where are you from? Liverpool? You'll have to be in London before you can do it. Nobody's ever done it from Liverpool.

  Paul McCartney

  Done, London, Can Do

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• If you want to be an actor and you love acting, you can do it whether you're doing something else or not. You can be connected with community theater or make your own little movies. But, if you want to be a movie star, you've got a tough road ahead of you.

  Alan Arkin

  Stars, Community, Acting

  Source: collider.com

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• The main thing is to be philanthropic in your everyday life. You don't have to have money to do that. You can do it with your time and your energy.

  Eva Longoria

  Everyday, Energy, Philanthropic

  "More Than a Desperate Housewife, Eva Longoria Talks Activism". Interview with Avital Andrews, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 6, 2017.

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• The deal is that you can do it, you don't really owe me anything, but at the end of it, I own the film. Then I can actually go out and reprint or not reprint if it I want.

  Todd McFarlane

  Artist, Want, Film

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• I blame Riley for my broken thumb, not Matt Geiger. That ain't defense Miami is playing. That's just chopping. I have no idea how his team gets away with it. I guess when you've been in the league 30 years you can do it. Respect, he gets it - he's like John Gotti.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Team, Years

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• I try to stay in the best physical shape that I can because I do most of my own stunts. It looks amazing if you can do it, but I dont advocate it because you always get injured.

  Raymond Cruz

  Trying, Looks, Shapes

  "Q&A – Raymond Cruz (Tuco)". AMCtv interview, www.amc.com. 2009.

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• So, if you haven't picked up some tips during an apprenticeship like that, you shouldn't be directing. It doesn't mean you can do it, but it loads you up with information.

  Colin Firth

  Mean, Information, Apprenticeship

  "Then She Found Me - Colin Firth interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• One of the things about writing a novel is you can do it any way you want. It's your voice that's important and I see absolutely no reason why a screenplay can't be the same. It makes it a hell of a lot easier when you're the writer and the director.

  Quentin Tarantino

  Writing, Voice, Important

  Source: creativescreenwriting.com

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• If you're trying to drop ten pages from a screenplay, it hurts like hell, but if you just put it away for a month and then take it out, you can do it just like that!

  Quentin Tarantino

  Hurt, Trying, Pages

  "Method Writing: Interview with Quentin Tarantino". Interview with Erik Bauer, creativescreenwriting.com. August 11, 2013.

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• I enjoy creating. And if you can do it in a cool way, do it. You can't worry about disappointing people or what their expectations might be.

  Justin Timberlake

  Creating, Expectations, Worry

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• It's so cheap to just release a movie. You can do it by yourself if you have to. Put in on the Internet if you have to.

  Judy Greer

  Internet, Release, Can Do

  Interview with Todd VanDerWerff, www.avclub.com. February 21, 2011.

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