Word: quieted
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...craft as an actress. I'll give you an example. When we were making The Road Home, there were several times in the film when she needed to cry. And as far as I was concerned these were crucially important parts of the movie. I'd call for quiet on the set. There had to be total silence, because crying in front of so many people is not easy. I knew we could only do one take. The lights, the film, everything had to be perfect, because I was afraid that on the second or third takes the tears wouldn...
...some stairs by one of Beck's publicists to a quiet white cubicle where the man is waiting...
...year-old Elizabeth, her black caretaker and the others who populate this story is that apartheid was not only fought in the frontline political struggle broadcast around the world, but also in the closely knit circles of families, in the intimacies of individual relationships and in the quiet but fierce struggles of personal conscience...
...about 'the Twist'--the new dance which has great vogue at the moment throw your hips around--NO one knew much about it but Jackie at end in a Schiaparelli pink slack suit gave a three-minute performance..." Then Rose observed: "Joe Sr...is not at all himself but quiet...For first time--I have noticed he has grown old." A month later, Joe Kennedy had the stroke that incapacitated him for the rest of his life...
...certain I had blown my SATs, I kept quiet about my test performance until I got my scores back. So while my brave experiment did confirm that now I am indeed dumber, it also revealed that I am much cockier. And that, I have learned in my brief working career, is a far more important predictor of success than intelligence...