Debra Granik Quotes

There is a porous membrane between a documentary that doesn't use interviews and what you would call a neorealist hybrid film.

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• Beauty is not just a white girl. It's so many different flavors and shades.

  

  Queen Latifah
  • Different
  • Girl
  • Beauty

• I can trace my environmentally-friendly lifestyle back to my childhood. My father was a conservative Republican that liked to 'conserve'.

  

  Ed Begley, Jr.
  • Father
  • Childhood
  • Lifestyle

• While criticism of Israel is legitimate and justifiable, it cannot be an excuse - in any way, shape or form - for anti-Semitism.

  

  Tariq Ramadan
  • Way
  • Criticism
  • Legitimate

• Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

  

  Carl Sandburg
  • Poetry
  • Synthesis
  • Biscuits

• I grew up in the South and went to church a lot.

  

  Patrick Wilson
  • Up
  • Church
  • Lot

• I love acting. It's what I do, not what I am.

  

  Natasha Little
  • Love
  • Acting

• There's nothing I like more than picking fresh vegetables then putting them in the dinner you make that night.

  

  Patrick Duffy
  • Night
  • Dinner
  • Fresh

• Well, here's what I think. I mean, the people are saying, 'We don't want it,' and the Democrats are saying, 'We don't care. We're going to pass it anyway.' And so for the next three months, Washington will be consumed with the Democrats trying to jam this through in a very messy procedure an unpopular health care bill.

  

  Lamar Alexander
  • People
  • Trying
  • Health

• I do tell people when I'm walking down the street that they should really rethink their whole outfit.

  

  Becki Newton
  • People
  • Walking
  • Down

• I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.

  

  Gay Talese
  • Work
  • Think
  • Turn

• A fair observer only has to ask: If there is violence, who profits?

  

  Jack Schwartz
  • Violence
  • Ask
  • Fair

• I am not an insecure actor, and this reflects in the films I have done. Yes, there was a phase when I was adamant on solo hero roles, but that is over now.

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • Hero
  • Actor
  • Films

• When you speak of role models, when we talk to our kids, everybody is a role model, everyone, just as you look at a Michael Jordan to be the terrific athlete he is.

  

  Walter Payton
  • Kids
  • Model
  • Speak

• Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met.

  

  W. Clement Stone
  • Time
  • Great
  • Success

• We've done a lot of research on the characteristics of our teachers who are the most successful. The most predictive trait is still past demonstrated achievement, and all selection research basically points to that.

  

  Wendy Kopp
  • Done
  • Past
  • Achievement

• A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

  

  Washington Irving
  • Heart
  • Kind
  • Smile

• I think of life as an inn where I have to stay until the abyss coach arrives. I don't know where it will take me, for I know nothing.

  

  Fernando Pessoa
  • Life

• That's not my love; that's just your life.

  

  Fernando Pessoa
  • Life

• I wish I could spend more time in Africa. I have this intense sense of complete relaxation and normality here.

  

  Prince Harry
  • Time
  • Wish

• As I've been able to once again gain the benefits of speed work, I'm enjoying my running more and more.

  

  Frank Shorter
  • Work
  • Running

• It's impossible to feel the creative juices flowing if you're always worried about the end result. I think really, really good work comes out of people being quite open, not stressed, really exploring, trying to be imaginative, without worrying too much about the end result.

  

  Marianne Elliott
  • People
  • Good
  • Work

• They're in really, really good shape, but what we have to worry about is playing well. This is a big week for us, too, because two wins would put us in a situation where we're competing for the league championship.

  

  Bob Thomason
  • Playing
  • Championship
  • Good Shape

• Kids don't learn the fundamentals of baseball at the games anymore.

  

  Bill Le
  • Kids
  • Baseball

• There is a porous membrane between a documentary that doesn't use interviews and what you would call a neorealist hybrid film.

  

  Debra Granik