Betsy Beers Quotes
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
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Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best.
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Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.
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I do a movie once every four years and they call it a comeback.
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I personally think Beyonce's a strong feminist. What she's done in music and for women is unprecedented. I love her. She definitely makes me feel like more of a woman.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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I'm a kind person; I don't have a really nihilist streak in me, but I respond to that kind of humour.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.
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Scientists tend to be skeptical, but the weakness of the community of science is that it tends to move into preformed establishment modes that say this is the only way of doing science, the only valid view.
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You always care about your teammates, and you care about the game.
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I was taking my first uncertain steps towards writing for children when my own were young. Reading aloud to them taught me a great deal when I had a great deal to learn. It taught me elementary things about rhythm and pace, the necessary musicality of text.
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There is a restaurant in L.A. called Crustacean, which is very famous for its garlic crab. Well, I can make garlic crab better than Crustacean. My sauce is so good you'll want to dip your bread in it, put it on your egg omelet, in your cereal, and in everything else.
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My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
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The first deaths will barely swell the daily count, and no one in the statistics bureau will notice that extra zero. But after a while everyone will begin to look at each other and ask: what's happening? Because for months doors and windows are going to rattle, furniture and trees will creak.
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If I had walked into a dry cleaning store, and I had looked over, and the register drawer was open with money inside, I wouldn't have taken it.
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She walks the waters like a thing of life,And seems to dare the elements to strife.
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I learned during all my career to enjoy suffering.
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Documentaries are inherently instinctual; you're constantly moment to moment, determining what the best place for the camera is to tell the story, usually in service of natural lighting.
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I obsess over places I will never live and restaurants at which I aspire to eat.
