Living in NYC at the time, I had been encouraged by friends to perform in my own one woman show, (much like Big Fat Greek Wedding) but the details of getting such a show produced etc. was intimidating to me.

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Get professional instruction but don't be tempted to try too much too soon, especially if encouraged by more experienced friends.

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He said he had been encouraged to do by friends and colleagues.

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In 1988, however, he was encouraged to put a band together by some old friends.

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It could be that these fair-weather (if not actually false) friends have been encouraged in their intransigence by State Department interlocutors many of whom appear to share Franco- Russian-Chinese hostility to the Bush goal of regime change in Iraq to believe that the President will accede to efforts to dumb-down the U.S.-drafted resolution.

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It could be that these fair-weather (if not actually false) friends have been encouraged in their intransigence by State Department interlocutors -- many of whom appear to share Franco- Russian-Chinese hostility to the Bush goal of regime change in Iraq -- to believe that the President will accede to efforts to dumb-down the U.S.-drafted resolution.

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