Debra Granik Quotes
The protagonist in 'Winter's Bone' was a really good role for a female. She was strong; she didn't have to conform to something or be a sidekick to any man. That's part of what you're responding to; it's a woman-centric situation. Her value in the film was not reliant on any man.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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I can enjoy anywhere, and I can leave it. Life is about moving on.
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My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have rebelled if they had pushed me, and I wouldn't have had the same passion.
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I am not honest.
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From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
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As people want to move money around the world, they're going to be moving in and out of bitcoin quickly, but they're still going to own it for some period of time... and the size of that working capital requirement will grow as the global economy grows.
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I think I've always been somebody to break rules.
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I've been playing old parts forever. I play 93 quite often. When you've done it more than once, you take the hint. I think it's a great burden if you're one of those fantastic stars who've always been beautiful; then I think it's hard.
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You've got the federal government in every part of our lives, doing things wrong.
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I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.
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When it comes to women, there has been a tendency to define women in sports in the context of their relationships - they watch games because their husbands watch. They're interested because their kids play a sport. They buy tickets to a sporting event because it's a way to spend time with family.
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There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.
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Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.
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I simply wanted to get through college as quickly as humanly possible. I had no interest in extracurricular activities or anything that required me to be social. I was allergic to people.
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As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.
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I love my parents. But they have their life, and I have mine.
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Long time ago, people would make the Bible, right? The guy said it, somebody wrote it down. And then if you wanted another copy of it, another human being wrote another one. It took a long, long time. Somebody created this thing called mimeograph paper and so you said, 'OK, we'll do it that way.' And so you could get three of them.
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We are not actually equal - humanity - if we are not allowed to freely love one another.
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There's nothing new under the sun. We talk about the same things all the time on air.
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Cooper: Please allow her to respond. She didn’t talk while you talked.Clinton: Yes, that’s true, I didn’t.Trump: Because you have nothing to say.
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Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don't go along with that. The memories I value most, I don't see them ever fading.
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Your greatest power is to show love, to receive love and to be love.
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The protagonist in 'Winter's Bone' was a really good role for a female. She was strong; she didn't have to conform to something or be a sidekick to any man. That's part of what you're responding to; it's a woman-centric situation. Her value in the film was not reliant on any man.
