Ellen Gallagher Quotes

When a writer makes something, it's theirs forever. That is the magic for me.

Ellen Gallagher

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• For the first two weeks of filming, I remember bristling at some of the occurrences on the set, none of which directly involved me. Then I surrendered to the environment, to Michael's method, and became much happier, even though no one knew what to expect.

  

  Madeleine Stowe
  • Remember
  • Me
  • Environment

• You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes.

  

  Sally Field
  • Best
  • Sometimes
  • Magic

• What works for me is knowing the character in an emotional sense. I wish I was more logical but it doesn't work for me like that. I need quite a lot of time; it's why I always worry when I'm doing more than one thing at a time. I hope that some sort of magic will kick in.

  

  Sally Hawkins
  • Time
  • Work
  • Why

• Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes me forever, it says sarcastically, Walt you contain enough, why don't you let it out then?

  

  Walt Whitman
  • Why
  • Me
  • Forever

• I love to bake. There's something very ritualistic about it, kind of magic.

  

  Rachel Miner
  • Love
  • Kind
  • Magic

• I've been a huge fan of Chris Martin forever; it'd be awesome to work with him. He's really kind, and he's been really encouraging when we've met.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Work
  • Kind
  • Forever

• The Scottish Highlands are incredible. There seems to be magic and poetry everywhere.

  

  Caitriona Balfe
  • Poetry
  • Magic
  • Seems

• Social media has changed our lives forever. Some continue to reject social media, refusing to become one of the sheep, but you just can't avoid it.

  

  Fabrizio Moreira
  • Forever
  • Media
  • Social Media

• If you're lucky enough to find anything in life that gives you five seconds, let alone an hour, of relief from life, you should try to do it forever.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • Life
  • Alone
  • Forever

• No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Forever
  • Force
  • Dictator

• I go on and off home-school and regular school, but the kids don't treat me any differently because they've all known me forever.

  

  Yara Shahidi
  • School
  • Home
  • Kids

• There was endless controversy as to whether the acts of the New Deal did actually move recovery or retard it, and nothing final could ever come of that bitter debate because it is forever impossible to prove what might have happened in place of what did.

  

  Garet Garrett
  • Forever
  • Impossible
  • Bitter

• I'm very scared sometimes that fashion might attack its own magic by the amount of exposure.

  

  Raf Simons
  • Fashion
  • Sometimes
  • Magic

• I don't want to play forever. I want to give everything I can now and then walk away knowing I gave everything. The example I think of is Barry Sanders. He was such a great player, and he left when he was still on top. I want that to be me.

  

  J. J. Watt
  • Great
  • Think
  • Player

• Serendipity is nice, but hoping for luck and the magic of happenstance shouldn't be an excuse for a lack of proactivity. I had to learn for myself that waiting isn't a life plan.

  

  Karen Finerman
  • Life
  • Nice
  • Myself

• Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.

  

  Rabindranath Tagore
  • Friendship
  • Depend
  • Depth

• When you are culture, you're forever young, like Snoop. When you're on that level, it's just contributing to the gangsta.

  

  D.R.A.M.
  • You
  • Culture
  • Forever

• I've been recording forever. I'm a watcher. I'm a stalker. I love everything about people. It's always been a passion for me to observe.

  

  Xavier Dolan
  • People
  • Passion
  • Forever

• It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Hate
  • Forever
  • Honesty

• I'm a New Yorker. I was there during 9/11, and I saw how, not only New York City stopped for a moment, we all took an inhale and exhale at the same time - the world united at that time, and it changed my life. I think millions of people were forever changed.

  

  Aisha Hinds
  • People
  • Life
  • Time

• If ever I feel I might be able to tackle it, I'd love to try holding a spear or something in the theater, or opening a door, or anything, just to try it, you know, because it must be some marvelous magic thing.

  

  Hayley Mills
  • Magic
  • Door
  • Theater

• Good governance, safety, a chance to grow economically and professionally - those are important things.

  

  Dana Perino
  • Good
  • Important
  • Chance

• Perhaps the only thing in my favor is that I am very tenacious. I don't take 'no' very well.

  

  Kathryn Bigelow

• When a writer makes something, it's theirs forever. That is the magic for me.

  

  Ellen Gallagher
  • Forever
  • Magic