Jane Campion Quotes
I'm a much better filmmaker than painter. But studying it did make me visually acute and taught me lessons like being economic: Say something once and you don't have to say it again.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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But when it came to jamming and writing songs like we used to, we realized Brandon was a huge spirit in the band. Who knew? It was just something we had to learn.
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I grew up doing stage work as a child and as a teenager, so the stage is my home where I feel most comfortable.
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I'm free - but I'm also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a little.
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When I was young, my idea was to become a filmmaker.
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If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life.
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When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.
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We should involve the whole world in the handling of this refugee crisis.
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I've been reading titles from IDW for probably as long as they've been in existence. 'Ninja Turtles' is one of my all-time favorite properties ever. I also love, love, love 'Locke & Key.' I also love some of the things they do with pre-existing properties like 'Transformers' and 'Ghostbusters.'
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I guess I probably make violent films partly because I can't express my anger in my real life very well.
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I've always thought about my legacy - more so, though, my impact off the field and how I'm helping my community and solidifying and strengthening the lives of others around me. And also, I just want to be a dominant football player, too. So it encompasses everything.
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Power can shape 'truth,' but not forever.
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I've become very, very liberal as far as war is concerned. It's just too terrible. I've been to wars and I've seen what happens. I know what it is to be hurt, and it's nothing compared to these guys. To be blind for the rest of your life. To have prosthetic limbs.
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True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.
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I will never give up my dream of being a prima ballerina and backup dancer for Justin Timberlake!
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I've learned through experience that you can't ever predict what's going to happen with any show. When I signed on to 'Ugly Betty,' I just prayed that I wouldn't get fired after the pilot, and four years later, I was still doing it.
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A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under.
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The enemy for the fanatic is pleasure, which makes it extremely important to continue to indulge in pleasure. Dance madly. That is how you get rid of terrorism.
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Scarlett Johansson. I think people don't really realize how great of an actress that girl is. She's so beautiful and that distracts you from what she can do as an actor.
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As I write each new Thorne novel, I'm determined that whatever is happening plot-wise, a new layer of the onion will be peeled away and reveal something about Thorne that is surprising to me as much as anyone else. If I can remain interested in the character, then hopefully the reader will stay interested, too.
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'Politico Magazine' listed me among the top 50 'thinkers, doers and visionaries transforming American politics' for my work in coalitions advancing net neutrality.
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I didn't want to be a writer. First I wanted to act, and then I wanted to be a painter like my big sister.
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I'm a much better filmmaker than painter. But studying it did make me visually acute and taught me lessons like being economic: Say something once and you don't have to say it again.
