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I just love the idea of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, whether it's the success of 'Cool Runnings,' which is the success of four guys from Jamaica who had never seen snow, or whether it's my success, just as a human being.
Dawn Steel
Success
Love
People
Human Being
Seen
Extraordinary
Extraordinary Things
Guys
Never
Had
Idea
Doing
Snow
Human
Just
Being
Jamaica
Ordinary
Whether
Which
Ordinary People
Ordinary Things
Who
Cool
Things
Four
You have to persevere, you have to just not give up, and you have to know what you want. You have to be able to see your dream.
Dawn Steel
You
Dream
See
Able
Give
Know
Up
Persevere
Just
Want
Your
Your Dream
Some children's music is aimed just at kids, and it can be very childlike.
Dawn Steel
Music
Kids
Some
Very
Just
Childlike
Children
In some ways I was curt because there's an unbelievable amount to accomplish in a day.
Dawn Steel
Day
Ways
Some
Unbelievable
Because
Accomplish
Amount
I'm not Mary Poppins, but I think I functioned with integrity.
Dawn Steel
Integrity
Think
Mary
Mary Poppins
I was so busy climbing up this ladder, staying above the water. If there was only room for one woman in a room, I wanted to be her. I'm not proud of it. I certainly don't feel that way now. It was an absolute evolution for me.
Dawn Steel
Me
Woman
Water
Ladder
Busy
Way
Evolution
Staying
Above
Only
Absolute
Feel
Proud
Climbing
Up
Wanted
Room
Certainly
Now
Her
That's my proudest accomplishment: that I don't feel like a grown-up.
Dawn Steel
Feel
Like
Proudest
Accomplishment
Grown-Up
In my family, education was something you endured. My parents weren't educated past high school, and the only book in our house was a 'Reader's Digest' condensed book. Can you imagine?
Dawn Steel
Education
Family
You
Book
School
Parents
Past
Digest
Our
High
High School
Something
Only
House
Reader
Educated
Were
Condensed
Endured
Imagine
Some friends of mine had parents who made school a treat, a gift - not something to be endured.
Dawn Steel
Treat
Gift
School
Made
Parents
Mine
Some
Something
Had
Friends
Endured
Who
I had an obsession with underarm shields - pointy ones, round ones, full ones, half ones.
Dawn Steel
Half
Had
Obsession
Full
Round
I was trained to be loud, passionate, direct. I didn't realize for the longest time I was intimidating.
Dawn Steel
Time
Intimidating
Direct
Longest
Longest Time
Passionate
Loud
Trained
Realize
I'm tired of being the bad guy all the time, saying 'no' to people I like.
Dawn Steel
Saying
Time
Tired
People
Bad
Bad Guy
Guy
Like
Being
Having money is better than not having it, but I've been poor, and I've survived.
Dawn Steel
Money
Better
Having
Been
Than
Survived
Poor
I was the first studio executive to meet with Sean Penn after 'Taps' in 1981. I was anxious to develop things with him when nobody knew who he was.
Dawn Steel
First
Meet
Penn
Develop
He
Studio
Knew
Nobody
Executive
Him
Anxious
After
Who
Sean
Sean Penn
Things
You do sequels because they are tent poles. They open well, and they hold the tent up. But in between, you make a movie you respect.
Dawn Steel
You
Respect
Open
Tent
Between
Poles
Well
Make
Because
Up
Movie
Hold
In-Between
Sequels
Visibility is dangerous because if a guy cuts you off in traffic, you can't call him a name - it might get to the press.
Dawn Steel
You
Dangerous
Visibility
Press
Guy
Name
Call
Him
Because
Traffic
Off
Get
Might
Cuts
I react to stress badly. I handle it better these days. But I'm a very straightforward person.
Dawn Steel
Better
Stress
Badly
Days
React
Very
Handle
Person
Straightforward
I think women's relationships with other women are very complicated and depend on their relationships with their mothers. Mine was fraught with problems. So I didn't necessarily trust women for a long time.
Dawn Steel
Time
Trust
Women
Complicated
Problems
Long
Long Time
Depend
Think
Other
Relationships
Mine
Fraught
Mothers
Women Are
Very
Necessarily
The first war movie I ever saw was 'Platoon,' and I was eight months pregnant. So my husband, producer Charles Roven, wasn't sure I'd make it.
Dawn Steel
War
Husband
First
Saw
Months
Charles
Make
Sure
Eight
Movie
Pregnant
Producer
Platoon
Ever
If I can do it, anyone can do it.
Dawn Steel
Anyone
The more I can stay on the creative side, the happier I am.
Dawn Steel
Creative
Side
Stay
More
Am
Happier
I thought it was great being the only girl in the room. I loved the attention. After I got used to it, I didn't want to be the only girl in the room. I had no one to talk to.
Dawn Steel
Great
Thought
Girl
Only
Had
No-One
Attention
Talk
Got
Being
Want
After
Loved
Room
Used
Number one, I absolutely love making chocolate chip cookies. I mean, it's fun. It's exciting. Beyond the fact that I love making them, I love eating them.
Debbi Fields
Love
Eating
Fact
Absolutely
Exciting
Beyond
Making
Mean
Them
Chip
Chocolate
Cookies
Fun
Number
If you're going to be at a job environment, you should love it. You shouldn't do it just for money. You should do it because you love it. And the money comes naturally.
Debbi Fields
Love
You
Money
Job
Environment
Because
Going
Just
Should
Naturally
I started off in the leisure industry and now I find myself as the DIY queen - I'm not quite sure how that happened!
Deborah Meaden
Myself
Queen
Find
Industry
Sure
How
Off
Quite
Happened
Leisure
Now
Started
I think I've got more humour than comes across.
Deborah Meaden
Think
Humour
More
Got
Than
Across
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