Emma Forrest Quotes
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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You want to put out a TV show? If you have the money to do it on your own, by yourself, and you have a TV network, you can do it by yourself. But the nature of the beast is, art needs finance. That's how this industry works. So until the Internet becomes our source of entertainment - and watch it, I believe it will - this is how things go.
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Who cares and remembers if my last film was a success? I need to work harder.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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I feel that after all those horrible reviews and jokes, I wasn't crazy all these years to stand up for the music I believe in. This album has proven that somewhere in the human race, the human heart is still racing and breaking and I am so grateful.
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The way women today are treated in Saudi Arabia is a direct result of the education our children, boys and girls, receive at school.
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People my age don't always know where their music comes from.
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It has seemed, at times, like American carmakers think car buyers are so blindly loyal that they will keep coming back - despite the sticker shock - for crummy cars that guzzle gas, fall apart too soon, and cost too much to repair.
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I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing 'Burial Rites,' I was constantly trying to see whether I could distill its extraordinary and ineffable qualities into a kind of poetry.
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I turned into a monk when my mother went to learn Buddhism in Burma. While she learnt at the monastery, I used to roam around with a begging bowl and ask for food.
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My creativity all comes from the same place. I wear one very comfortable, large hat.
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I like the challenge of creating a world with only sentences.
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To be half-naked for a Greek mythology movie, it's a piece of art. You know, there's nothing vulgar in there.
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Everyone should be good at what they do.
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I don't particularly like L.A.
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Free and fair access to books - to reading - is a right and one we should fight for.
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Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.
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I really like working, the opportunity to work with good people and to play interesting parts.
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I prefer to think of myself as a musician who is still learning and trying to do something every time out.
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Neighbors are frightening enough when they're alive.
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I am dying. Please ... bring me a toothpick.
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I have to be very careful about diet and exercise.
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The greatest teacher has nothing to say. He simply gives himself in service, and never worries.
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There's so much guilt there attached to having a perfectly good life.
