Debra Granik Quotes
History has shown that there needs to be some agora, or public spaces, and I think that we already live a lot of our life on a laptop, or even smaller devices that we hold in our hands.
Quotes to Explore
-
I destroyed a lot of guitars trying to get them to do what I wanted, but I learned something from every guitar I tore apart, and discovered even more things. Things like if the string is not straight from the bridge saddle to the nut, you're going to have friction.
-
I've never said I was a chef - I think I make great food. I will never open a restaurant to do, like, tasting courses.
-
After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
-
If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.
-
The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.
-
I breeze through Twitter - I look at the mentions, the pictures, the videos.
-
As a registered Democrat, I am praying for a credible presidential candidate to emerge from the younger tier of politicians in their late 40s. A governor with executive experience would be ideal.
-
I have often heard that the novel is dead. But I see novels produced, I don't know how many a week, in France. I have the impression it's carrying along quite well.
-
No one ought to be under any illusion that Cheney privately thinks himself a failure.
-
If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
-
If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life.
-
As frightening as this may sound, what you see in the books is the way I see the world. And so far I haven't seen anything, either in Florida or elsewhere, to dissuade me from it.
-
But one of the things I learned is that when you fight for something you believe in and you tell the truth and you do your best, you can always hold your head up high and no one can take that away from you.
-
Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
-
Say yes to everything.
-
If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job.
-
I cannot cure myself of that most woeful of youth's follies - thinking that those who care about us will care for the things that mean much to us.
-
Our reactor actually burns nuclear waste as fuel. So not only is it safe and powerful, it solves an important issue: It actually reduces nuclear waste instead of creating. It's the reactor of your dreams.
-
Howard the Duck is my best friend.
-
The group who really could benefit from more protein is not fit young gym-goers but older people, who seem to be at much greater risk of protein deficiency.
-
What the Toronto festival premiere did was to reinforce why we wanted to do this. People approached us and said they had no idea how talented Liza was. In the past few years, her skills have been too obscured by the tabloid headlines. It is fantastic to see her being celebrated for what she should be celebrated for.
-
I'm for immigration reform. I think the system's horribly broken, and we need to do something about it.
-
Most of the State of the Union will not be about Iraq. Most of the State of the Union will be about improving America's economy and providing greater access to health care for millions of American people, including senior citizens.
-
History has shown that there needs to be some agora, or public spaces, and I think that we already live a lot of our life on a laptop, or even smaller devices that we hold in our hands.
