Debra Granik Quotes
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I think all politicians lie.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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There were wonderful moments when I was singing for the first time in the Olympia Theatre and I was pregnant with my son, which was very, very strange for a singer.
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Being evil is easy.
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I have lived all my life as part of an ethnic conflict.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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I have more of a desire to write songs about being an independent woman than being in love, songs about getting up and moving on even if I have a broken heart.
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Just because you're of the same sex, what difference does it make? Get married to whomever you want.
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If you've followed my career at all, you will know that I perform best in comfortable surroundings. Though other leagues may seem more enticing to other players, it's something I'm just not interested in doing personally.
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If America is a nation of laws as we proclaim, then our immigration laws are part of the package.
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What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.
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I've sort of heard that 'it' girl thing, but not really. Hearing it from a few people doesn't solidify it in my mind and I wouldn't know how to solidify that title. It's so elusive and what does it mean, I don't know?
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.
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People try to change too much at once and it becomes overwhelming, and they end up falling off the program. So gradually changing bad habits makes much more of a difference than trying to change them all at once.
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I would lie in bed, and I was nine years old, and say to myself: 'I want to be the richest man in the world.' I've come a long way from there.
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In Finland, we learned quite a lot from our own civil war. The wounds were visible when I was a boy, but my generation went into the Second World War and it united the Finnish nation, so I do not see any more wounds.
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It's a huge step up from the European Indoor Championships to being world outdoor gold medallist.
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I've been so spoiled in the theater, writing plays where I can just do exactly what I want and nobody messes with me.
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I used to be a huge fan of 'Lockup' on MSNBC, and that certainly has helped with my understanding of the world.
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Fantasy isn't something you run out of.
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I thought to myself, 'This is Harvard', You expect Harvard to be this stuffy, arrogant place. But then you get here and see how bright everyone is - what could be better? I loved it.
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I think people are too often misinformed and, in some cases, deceived. We don't have a full marketplace of ideas in this country that in any way reflects the broad, real range of ideas.
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I'm always searching to learn more about our large and diverse country.
