Debra Granik Quotes
I come from what they call the land of nowhere. I'm from the suburb. It's extremely atomizing.
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People more than ever since I can remember are concerned about being out of step and out of line with their political party and won't cross over. There is nobody, man or woman, who wants to be left out, and people are fearful of that. People are fearful of their leadership as well.
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Honestly, I find the analysis of dreams is one of the dullest things. I say this as a therapist kid. I find them deeply uninteresting, as a window to the soul.
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Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.
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In our house, everyone's opinion is welcome. I grew up in a house where everything wasn't when it came to politics or religion.
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An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.
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Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
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The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise he will move in a world of the dead. He can only gain that conception through personal experience, and he can only use his personal experiences when he is a genius.
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I think people hear the warmth in my voice and the friendliness, and they think: 'Oh, she must be a very nice person'.
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I find that the time that goes by is actually your best friend when you are making a record. The passing of time gives you perspective on what you recorded and what you wrote. If something sounds good to you 12 months after you recorded it then chances are pretty good that there's something valuable about the part or the song.
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And when you look at the Turtle's movie there is something there, definitely something there.
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The new 'Joy' was needed for a number of reasons. Recent developments in nutrition and new ingredients were two of the major reasons for the revision. One of the other big reasons was America's new love for big flavors. Yay!
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He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
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I've only been to jail once, and I didn't get my tattoos there.
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People who work in financial services don't have one shred of concern about the well-being of the people they serve. They're only interested in themselves.
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The constitutional questions are in the first instance not questions of right but questions of might.
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I only want to do what I really want to do; otherwise, I'm content to sit here and play my guitar all day.
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Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that.
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My grandpa was in the Navy, but it wasn't something that was expected or planned for me to do.
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I learnt one thing in the past or in my life: the only person you can change is yourself, and it has to come from within.
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The movie I've seen a million times - wait, that's not possible - my favorite movie of all times is 'The Empire Strikes Back,' directed by Irvin Kershner, executive-produced by the great George Lucas and stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones.
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It's always an honour doing anything for your country.
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I applied to drama school when I was about 18 and didn't have any luck anywhere. They basically turned me away and said I had a bit of growing up to do. I went back to Aberystwyth and did my growing up by spending eight months working in Peacocks.
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Swingers are all from the suburbs and consequently brain-addled by car pools, shopping malls, and welcome wagons.
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I come from what they call the land of nowhere. I'm from the suburb. It's extremely atomizing.
