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I've been on plenty of things that never took off, and I've been on one thing, 'The West Wing,' that was a big hit, but took off well before I was on it.
Joshua Malina
Big
Before
Took
Plenty
One Thing
Wing
Never
Well
Been
West
Off
West Wing
Big Hit
Hit
Thing
Things
The first time I mentioned publicly that I had known Viola for some time, many people took it like Viola got me the job in 'Fences'.
Jovan Adepo
Time
Me
People
Job
First
Took
Some
Mentioned
Had
Like
Known
First Time
Got
Fences
Many
Publicly
Viola
Hikes in the debt ceiling - without any political demands from the opposition party - had been routine until President Obama took office.
Juan Williams
Political
Party
President
Took
President Obama
Obama
Had
Demands
Hikes
Until
Without
Been
Opposition
Ceiling
Debt
Debt Ceiling
Office
Any
Routine
Face it, I didn't become famous until I took my clothes off.
Jude Law
Face
Become
Clothes
Took
Until
Off
Famous
My first book took five years to write and I made $1,000 on it. The second took three years and I made $3,000. All this time I was a housewife being supported by a husband. I was very lucky.
Judith Rossner
Time
Book
Made
Husband
Three
First
Took
Write
Supported
Housewife
Years
Very
Five
Being
Lucky
Second
They weren't interested in entertainment. They were tough. I learned one trick, which was to be quieter than they were until they had to look at you. It took a lot of agressiveness.
Judy Holliday
You
Entertainment
Tough
Took
Trick
Had
Look
Until
Learned
Were
Lot
Than
Quieter
Which
Interested
My father never really encouraged me or even took an interest after I walked away from the family business. No one did except my mother and my grandfather. To be truthful, I cannot remember one meaningful conversation I had with my father.
Juergen Teller
Family
Me
Conversation
Business
Remember
Mother
Father
Took
Except
Never
Had
No-One
Encouraged
Walked
Truthful
Family Business
Did
After
Cannot
Interest
Grandfather
Meaningful
Really
Even
Away
It took a bit of talking through administrative people, but only once did an attorney try and get in the way of the process and say their artist couldn't do it.
Jules Shear
People
Try
Took
Once
Way
Say
Bit
Administrative
Only
Through
Attorney
Talking
Get
Did
Artist
Process
You could put this record on and not get jarred half-way through. I wanted it to be all cut from one cloth, and that was the way we took it through the whole production process.
Jules Shear
You
Took
Way
Record
Could
Through
Put
Half-Way
Get
Cloth
Wanted
Process
Cut
Production
Whole
I know my husband really loves me because he takes me to have ribs. He says I'm the only girl he ever took out who actually ate anything on her plate, as opposed to pushing it around.
Julia Barr
Food
Me
Girl
Husband
Took
Says
Out
Ate
Only
Pushing
He
Takes
Know
Because
Around
Opposed
Anything
Loves
Ribs
Really
Who
Plate
Ever
Her
Actually
When I was first approached about doing an autobiography, I said, 'absolutely not.' But when I sat down, memories came pouring out. It wrote very quickly - I think there was an emotional impulse, because once I started in, the story itself carried me along. It was a very intense writing period and took a year and change to finish.
Julia Cameron
Me
Memories
Change
Writing
First
Year
Down
Think
Took
Once
Carried
Out
About
Finish
Absolutely
Emotional
Absolutely Not
Pouring
Along
Period
Wrote
Because
Said
Doing
Came
Itself
Very
Quickly
Intense
Impulse
Autobiography
Story
Sat
Started
I became so focused on this desire to have a child that it really took over over my life, not in a positive way. It definitely impacted on my work, life, and work opportunities: I couldn't travel at particular times. I turned down a lot of opportunities, to be honest.
Julia Leigh
Positive
Life
Work
Travel
Opportunities
My Life
To Be Honest
Down
Took
Positive Way
Way
Definitely
Focused
Impacted
Over
Particular
Became
Lot
Times
Child
Turned
Really
Desire
Honest
I feel that David took a risk with me. I have a sense that by starting off in the theatre and going off to do films you are seen to sell out in some way. I don't hold truck with that, but you can't stop people from feeling it.
Julia Ormond
Me
You
Theatre
People
Seen
Feeling
Sense
Films
Took
Way
Out
Some
Risk
David
Truck
Feel
Off
Sell
Going
Stop
Hold
Starting
To this day, 'The Duke and I' remains particularly close to my heart; I felt it was the novel in which my writing took a huge leap forward.
Julia Quinn
Day
Heart
Writing
Took
Remains
Particularly
Leap
Felt
Duke
Huge
Close
Which
Forward
Novel
My grandmother took me to a lot of theater. I was exposed to performance quite a bit - everything from Broadway to off-Broadway and dance and music as well. I was very lucky that way. It was a very rich childhood.
Julia Stiles
Music
Me
Dance
Rich
Took
Everything
Way
Bit
Broadway
Performance
Well
Lot
Very
Quite
Quite A Bit
Childhood
Theater
Grandmother
Exposed
Lucky
I studied Shakespeare in college, but not theatrically, more in terms of literature, and then I kind of took a break from it. Now there's resurgence in my appreciation for him. It's amazing: there are so many book titles and song titles that come just from lines that he wrote.
Julia Stiles
Appreciation
Book
Song
Amazing
College
Took
Kind
Shakespeare
More
Resurgence
Studied
He
Come
Terms
Wrote
Him
Lines
Just
Break
Literature
Titles
Then
Many
Now
It took me some years to clear my head of what Paris wanted me to admire about it, and to notice what I preferred instead. Not power-ridden monuments, but individual buildings which tell a quieter story: the artist's studio, or the Belle Epoque house built by a forgotten financier for a just-remembered courtesan.
Julian Barnes
Me
Took
Monuments
Tell
Financier
Admire
Some
About
Paris
Individual
Studio
Clear
Head
Instead
House
Buildings
Built
Years
Quieter
Artist
Forgotten
Wanted
Story
Which
Preferred
Notice
Belle
I always dreamt of being in 'Kerrang.' That was my ambition. I read that religiously when I was into heavy metal. Then the jazz magazines took over.
Julian Barratt
Heavy Metal
Ambition
Jazz
Took
Dreamt
Magazines
Over
Read
Metal
Always
Being
Heavy
Then
And because he knows that we don't have an ounce of talent to waste, the president took action to lift the shadow of deportation from a generation of young, law-abiding immigrants called dreamers.
Julian Castro
Generation
Dreamers
Young
Action
President
Took
Ounce
Immigrants
Law-Abiding
Shadow
Lift
He
Talent
Knows
Because
Deportation
Waste
I knew that this was what I wanted to talk about on stage. There was no point being coy about it, or pretending that I wasn't gay. That was the substance of my whole act. If you took that away, there would be nothing left.
Julian Clary
Gay
You
Pretending
Stage
Nothing
Took
Would
Would-Be
About
No Point
Point
Knew
Talk
Left
Substance
Being
Wanted
Act
Whole
Away
I trained as a singer before I was an actor. I was a kid singer, I went to theater and choir school, and then I got music scholarships throughout my education. And that's what I was going to do. And then I took a left turn and went to drama school and became an actor.
Julian Ovenden
Education
Music
School
Before
Drama
Drama School
Took
Kid
Throughout
Scholarships
Singer
Became
Got
Left
Trained
Going
Theater
Turn
Then
Choir
Actor
I wanted to make pictures where you would not know who took them. I also bring the present into the past.
Julian Schnabel
You
Past
Took
Would
Pictures
Know
Also
Make
Where
Wanted
Them
Who
Present
Bring
When I first started making music, I didn't really know what I was doing. I just wanted to write songs. I didn't have a concept. I didn't think it through. I was just flailing around doing what comes naturally. It took me a really long time to step back and deal with what I was doing with any kind of perspective or self-awareness.
Juliana Hatfield
Music
Time
Me
Perspective
Long
Long Time
First
Think
Took
Back
Kind
Through
Write
Songs
Self-Awareness
Step
Know
Concept
Around
Deal
Making
Doing
Flailing
Any
Just
Wanted
Really
Really Long Time
Naturally
Started
I used to be an over-packer! It took me a while to be smart about what I brought with me. I used to tour with a huge bag full of clothes and another one full of shoes because I wanted to have choices. And I ended up wearing the same pair of shoes all the time!
Juliana Hatfield
Time
Me
Smart
Shoes
Clothes
Took
Wearing
Brought
About
Tour
Bag
Another
Because
Huge
Up
Ended
Same
Wanted
While
Choices
Full
Used
Pair
I took my courage in both hands and went to the Laundromat to do my washing. I had to use three machines.
Julie Doucet
Courage
Three
Took
Machines
Both
Had
Hands
Use
Washing
I've always been a super-fan of television storytelling. It took me a while to figure that out in a career capacity, but certainly in a life capacity, I've been an avid viewer of television for decades.
Julie Plec
Life
Me
Took
Television
Out
Always
Been
Decades
While
Storytelling
Capacity
Viewer
Avid
Certainly
Figure
Career
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