Alyce Cornyn-Selby quotes

“A perfect method of adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.”
-- Alyce Cornyn-Selby

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“Procrastination is, hands down, our favorite form of self-sabotage.”
-- Alyce Cornyn-Selby

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“Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.”
-- Alyce Cornyn-Selby

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“Self-sabotage is when we say we want something and then go about making sure it doesn't happen.”
-- Alyce Cornyn-Selby

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“A piercing satire, a poignant family drama and an investigation of the competing claims of honesty, loyalty, ambition and love.”

“I want to continue doing as big a variety of things as I can do, and if that means I have the honor of getting to do more feature work, I would love that. I know that if I make any other long-term TV commitments, it's not going to be on a drama.”

“I'm just looking to make good movies and looking to be as good as I can be in them and that's about it. But I feel much more comfortable doing a comedy, but the fact that I got to try a few dramas, I feel I've tested myself a little bit.”

“Who made the world I cannot tell; 'Tis made, and here am I in hell. My hand, though now my knuckles bleed, I never soiled with such a deed.”

Source : A. E. Housman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)”, p.19, Delphi Classics

“The brand is lying about something, or at least misrepresenting it. When I read a bottle of shampoo or moisturizer or other beauty product, I always perceive a dark subtext. The words haunt me. It comes across as humorous to the reader/audience, but in fact the words really do make me a little bit queasy. Nothing is as easy or natural as consumer brands want us to think - no problem is as resolvable. Your hair will fall out, eventually. Yet we do have these brands, and we line our shelves with them. There's an inherent irony.”

Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". Interview with Susan Lerner, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.

“A bargain is something you don't need at a price you can't resist.”

“In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks you take.”

“I occasionally get birthday cards from fans. But it's often the same message: They hope it's my last.”

“Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy.”

“How can we say nobody's perfect if there is no perfect to compare to? Perfection implies that there really is a right and wrong way to be. And what type of perfection is the best type? Moral perfection? Aesthetic? Physiological? Mental?”