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.
Quotes to Explore
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Beauty is not just a white girl. It's so many different flavors and shades.
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I can trace my environmentally-friendly lifestyle back to my childhood. My father was a conservative Republican that liked to 'conserve'.
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While criticism of Israel is legitimate and justifiable, it cannot be an excuse - in any way, shape or form - for anti-Semitism.
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Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.
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I grew up in the South and went to church a lot.
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I love acting. It's what I do, not what I am.
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There's nothing I like more than picking fresh vegetables then putting them in the dinner you make that night.
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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.
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I do tell people when I'm walking down the street that they should really rethink their whole outfit.
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I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
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A fair observer only has to ask: If there is violence, who profits?
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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.
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It's funny. Of all the jobs I've been ambitious for, this is one that never crossed my mind.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
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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.
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That's not my love; that's just your life.
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I'm not saying that the gas chambers didn't exist. I couldn't see them myself.
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Willpower and desire, when properly combined, make an irresistible pair.
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I just don't think I've ever been comfortable at public functions and selling myself as an entity.
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Women hold up more than half the sky and represent much of the world's unrealized potential. They are the educators. They raise the children. They hold families together and increasingly drive economies. They are natural leaders. We need their full engagement... in government, business and civil society.
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There is a porous membrane between a documentary that doesn't use interviews and what you would call a neorealist hybrid film.
