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I wasn't a glamour-puss, and there were more interesting roles for an actress like me in the theater and in live television.


Nancy Marchand

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NANCY LUBLIN I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young peopl...
NANCY LUBLIN I don't run a non-profit. There are lots of non-profits in America - in Detroit, parts of Wall S...
NANCY LUBLIN When I was 23, I founded an organization called Dress for Success, which is now in more than 100 cit...
NANCY LUBLIN I run a charity. If my name pops up in your call ID, chances are I'm about to ask you for someth...
NANCY LUBLIN Simply, I believe the United States should lower the voting age to 17.
NANCY LUBLIN Commit yourself to an organization or cause that genuinely fires you up.
NANCY LUBLIN Young people are this awesome, creative, hopeful untapped resource out there.
NANCY LUBLIN I'm proposing a change: love thy worker-bee. Celebrate the ones who toil without complaint, play...
NANCY LUBLIN Do-gooders are easily overlooked. We're supposed to be soft, touchy-feely types, who wear Birken...
NANCY LUBLIN When I have a bad day, I dream about opening up a gelato stand on the streets of Sydney, Australia. ...
NANCY LUBLIN Social change isn't something you should do just to help pad a resume. Follow your passion.
NANCY LUBLIN I loved junior golf.
NANCY LOPEZ If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my na...
NANCY LOPEZ Our players are mad, but it's good mad.
NANCY LOPEZ I never taught my girls to play golf; they all played softball.
NANCY LOPEZ I try to be very modest with what I do. I'm not a frivolous spender.
NANCY LOPEZ My swing is no uglier than Arnold Palmer's, and it's the same ugly swing every time.
NANCY LOPEZ The simpler I keep things, the better I play.
NANCY LOPEZ Great champions have an enormous sense of pride. The people who excel are those who are driven to sh...
NANCY LOPEZ Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But i...
NANCY LOPEZ If you're writing a thriller, mystery, Western or adventure-driven book, you'd better keep t...
NANCY KRESS As a writer, you must know what promise your story or novel makes. Your reader will know.
NANCY KRESS Every story makes a promise to the reader. Actually, two promises, one emotional and one intellectua...
NANCY KRESS The process, not the results, have to be the reason a writer writes. Otherwise, creating a four-hund...
NANCY KRESS Readers want to see, hear, feel, smell the action of your story, even if that action is just two peo...
NANCY KRESS Many novice writers try to avoid using 'said' by substituting synonyms: 'he uttered,'...
NANCY KRESS All nonmimetic fiction is a balancing act between 'reality' and the obviously unreal, with n...
NANCY KRESS The parallels between a stage and a book are compelling. You, like all authors, create 'characte...
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