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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My dad is afraid of my laugh.
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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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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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It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the line they are on.
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The fact that I'm very close with my past relationships is something I pride myself on. My mom is still close to her first husband. It's nice to be able to enjoy someone in a different form.
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It sounds depressing, but I think when you truly love someone, you'll never stop loving them.
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Similarly you can make a transition from one set of instruments to another imperceptibly.
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My style is boho chic. I love that time period - the patterns, the prints, the people, the music, the vibe.
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If you apologize for something that isn't your fault in the first place, you, in effect, confirm their belief that it is your fault.
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As I've said before, and I still hold to, I truly am the most boring person alive. And if there was a great investigation to be found at the end of the resume, it would be, the most boring person alive.
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One of the most important tools in critical thinking about numbers is to grant yourself permission to generate wrong answers to mathematical problems you encounter. Deliberately wrong answers!
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Every day I learn something new, and, you know, you go through life's experiences, and if you can bring every experience at some point somewhere in every drama or every story that you have to portray, you will come across an emotion or a feeling you have had some point in your life.
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There has to be a continuation of the communal experience of filmgoing.
