Debra Granik Quotes
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First of all, I'm pretty private about my personal life.
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The stratosphere is a hostile place.
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The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality.
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My dad is afraid of my laugh.
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I don't really yell at people.
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I hear a lot of bad TV commercials that try to sound like Where It's At. That pretty much turned me off from using the electric piano for a lot of years.
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I have won the most national titles as a German, so what should I do after that? Lay back and take it easy? That's not how I am.
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There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.
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There's a difference between being posh and being rich.
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I don't even like to talk Lions too much just because the way our relationship ended.
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When I was in college, I was a semiotics major, which is this hopelessly pretentious body of French literary theory.
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To be half-naked for a Greek mythology movie, it's a piece of art. You know, there's nothing vulgar in there.
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My wife watches me like a hawk.
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You're always facing the top defenders in this league. To go out there and do your best, that's all you can ask for.
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I like second chances. I've given people second chances. You have fall-outs with friends, and forgiveness is a great thing to have. It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive.
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I'm fine, except, you know, I broke my pelvis. And that's not much fun.
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Christine Bass was my high school music teacher. She took a program on its last legs and within a few years turned into one of the best programs in the country. Our high school dominated national choir competitions all through her 20-plus year tenure.
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I'm a very private person. My life story isn't for everybody.
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I love films that are many things at the same time while being simple.
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Swearing is an art form. You can express yourself much more exactly, much more succinctly, with properly used curse words.
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It's a great challenge to come from little New Zealand and beat the odds in Hollywood.
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I did learn what I didn't know I wanted to know.
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This much I'm sure of. Chances for winning = 1 - (# of math students playing)/ (# of math students cheering). That's a fraction.
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There has to be a continuation of the communal experience of filmgoing.
