Debra Granik Quotes
I'm reaching for emotion and drama, the drama of the everyday: what happens when you don't have shelter, food, and clothing. There are some stakes. If you're displaced or evicted, there's a suspense: How will you solve that?
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I enjoy getting gussied up for an event or date night.
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I use other cookbooks for inspiration. I must say I tend to cook from my own cookbooks for parties.
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It is common knowledge that smoking is considered one of the nation's leading causes of preventable death, but it's less widely known that cigarettes are also the leading cause of fatal fires.
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The older I get the more of my mother I see in myself.
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I want to have a long career.
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If I like a book, I tend to read the author's entire collection. But I choose mainly through personal recommendations, general word of mouth and book reviews.
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In real life, coincidences happen all the time. In novels, they are leapt upon with fury.
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We are all afraid for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is the nature of the human imagination. Yet every man, every civilization, has gone forward because of its engagement with what it has set itself to do.
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I'd love to return to theater.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.
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It's very special having a new little girl.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword.
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The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.
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On many accounts, Cornwall may be regarded as one of the most interesting counties of England, whether we regard it for its coast scenery, its products, or its antiquities.
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You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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If I'm scared and I'm a coward, why do you guys want to see me fight?
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Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our political heritage, we ignore the common ties that bind all Americans.
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Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.
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During my early skating years, there were not many ice rinks in Korea, and even the few rinks that existed, most of them were public.
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You know, we don't have any decorative sprigs of rosemary; we're not placing little matchstick radishes onto an hors d'oeuvre... The food's gotta taste good. The concept's gotta taste good.
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Some global hazards are insidious. They stem from pressure on energy supplies, food, water and other natural resources. And they will be aggravated as the population rises to a projected nine billion by mid-century, and by the effects of climate change. An 'ecological shock' could irreversibly degrade our environment.
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The cats that are doing they thing, you have to search to really find them, to find rappers that can actually rap and speak messages in the music. That's not a good thing at all.
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I'm reaching for emotion and drama, the drama of the everyday: what happens when you don't have shelter, food, and clothing. There are some stakes. If you're displaced or evicted, there's a suspense: How will you solve that?
