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The acting is something that will always be a part of my life, but the writing gives me a lot more creative freedom. You're a… — Amber Benson
I sacrificed my anonymity for my father, whereas he sacrificed me for his fame. — Jeff Buckley
The average trade of an individual is in the thousands of shares, whereas the institutional trade can be in the millions of shares. Clearly, the… — Maria Bartiromo
As a kid who wasn't into sports, at school I felt almost alienated at times, whereas in the theatre community there was this amazing sense… — Zach Braff
Television and film are such streamlined story mediums. You can't really meander about, whereas a novel is an interior experience. — Steven Bochco
I find a difference in British spy fiction and American spy fiction. In the American version, it's more militaristic, partly because the CIA has more… — Charles Cumming
A novel requires a certain kind of world-building and also a certain kind of closure, ultimately. Whereas with a short story you have this sense… — Dan Chaon
It's a writer's or director's role to be cerebral, whereas for an actor it should be a visceral, gut thing. When the action starts, it's… — Natalie Dormer
When people say to me don't the years go fast I have to be honest and say that whereas I don't realise where they go… — Paul Daniels
If you're acting, then there's a prescribed way to behave; whereas in life there's no prescribed way. So acting feels like a comfortable way to… — Jesse Eisenberg
Whereas 'Avatar' and other movies get shocks out of their three-dimensionality, 'Gatsby' is going to be about inviting the audience into this larger-than-life drama, letting… — Joel Edgerton
We all now tell stories by cutting from one dramatic scene to the next, whereas Victorian novelists felt free to write long passages of undramatic… — Ken Follett
Whereas Schaeffer and Henry were working like samplers, their idea was to capture those sounds which couldn't be serially calibrated because they were too complex… — Luc Ferrari
I come from a working-class family in Pittsburgh, whereas 'Mike & Molly' deals with the working class in Chicago. I swear a little, but I… — Billy Gardell
A bad guy always assumes he's going to win, whereas the good guy has to struggle with, what if I lose?, and the audience wants… — David Gallagher
One of the biggest things I used to struggle with was about things like going on holiday. Whereas all your friends can talk about something… — Douglas Booth
The Highways of America are built chiefly of politics, whereas the proper material is crushed rock or concrete. — Carl G. Fisher
Take an arrow, and hold it in flame for the space of ten pulses, and when it cometh forth you shall find those parts of… — Francis Bacon
[C]ultivated risk-taking represents an 'experiment with trust' (in the sense of basic trust) which consequently has implications for an individual's self-identity. (...) In cultivated risk-taking,… — Anthony Giddens
I'm really shy with my acting when it's off, because the camera gives me an excuse to be in character, whereas otherwise I would just… — Brendan Fehr
It's kind of nice in some ways having an Olympic Trials where I finished second. You can kind of go in more under the radar… — Ryan Hall
In theater and dance, I was trying to win someone's approval, trying to get in, trying to be good. It felt out of my control,… — Susanna Hoffs
Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time. — Abbas Kiarostami
For me, what I am making in the novel is a place to live. When I first switched from poetry to novels, I was asked… — Nicole Krauss
You're allowed to make things for women on television and there's not like... you don't have to go through the humiliation of having made something… — Callie Khouri

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