Debra Granik Quotes
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Because we're in a small town and somewhat isolated from the fast lane of high tech, we've been able to grow and concentrate on our work instead of being distracted by the competition and getting caught up in the soap opera of Silicon Valley.
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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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Sceptics are generally ready to believe anything, provided it is sufficiently improbable.
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It is impossible to imagine a more complete fusion with nature than that of the Gypsy.
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I would read fishing reports on the road and then it just occurred to me: I should go to sea school and get my captain's license, see if I can get paid to be out here every day.
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A lot has changed since the 1980s, when the United States was a country with one of the greatest numbers of people infected with HIV.
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[On Denmark:] ... that little country of cottage cheese and courage.
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I'm always searching to learn more about our large and diverse country.
