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“We can be beacons of light”
― Love is the Answer God is the Cure
― Love is the Answer God is the Cure
“Because the beings from that planet are now circling Earth in a ship the size of a small moon, threatening to destroy all human life if we don’t cooperate.”
― The Balance of Time
― The Balance of Time
“In the 1960s, Valerie (Hobson) Profumo became the first show-business mother to talk publicly about Down’s syndrome. She was instrumental in founding Three Roses, England’s first charity to support families with Down’s children.”
― Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Nine Political Wives
― Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Nine Political Wives
“In a sense, trust is simply a stronger, more grounded version of faith.”
― I'm Just Saying: A Guide to Maintaining Civil Discourse in an Increasingly Divided World
― I'm Just Saying: A Guide to Maintaining Civil Discourse in an Increasingly Divided World
“The symptoms of a writer who hasn’t found their way clear of the needs of Self yet are easy to spot. I should say the symptoms are easy for everyone else to spot, that is, and not so easy for the writer themself to see. You’ll see a writer who does not trust the characters to speak and move on their own, but has to puppeteer them; a writer who does not trust the reader to understand what’s written. One who must insert parentheticals in various forms to explain the work to the reader; flashbacks to explain; big black blocks of text on the page to explain; question-and-answer dialog between characters who aren’t in a courtroom; walk-and-talk characters with their mouths full of dialog of what the story is about; too many stage directions that make the script read like a novel…”
― ANATOMY OF A SCREENPLAY THIRD EDITION
― ANATOMY OF A SCREENPLAY THIRD EDITION
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