Could I Pass A Week In The Insane Ward At Blackwell's Island? I Said I Could And I Would. And I Did.
Accept Praise For Its Worth - Politeness. Be Brutally Frank With Yourself. It's Safer.
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'very Well,' I Said Angrily, 'start The Man, And I'll Start The Same Day For Some Other Newspaper And Beat Him.'
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Playing Amanda [in Defiance] Was A Wonderful Opportunity For Me. She Was Strong, Dynamic, A Complete Badass, Not Defined Her Relationship With A Man. She Could Hold Her Own. I Really Loved Her.
I Still Feel Like The Person Who Shouldn't Be Doing This And Everyone Is Acting Around Me As If I'm A Badass All The Time. And This Still Feels Like A Stretch. I Realize This Is Something That Is Incredible. I Get To Do This And I Get Wonderful Teachers To Help Me And It's Amazing.
The Events Of Human Life, Whether Public Or Private, Are So Intimately Linked To Architecture That Most Observers Can Reconstruct Nations Or Individuals In All The Truth Of Their Habits From The Remains Of Their Monuments Or From Their Domestic Relics.
