Jane Campion Quotes
Performers are so vulnerable. They're frightened of humiliation, sure their work will be crap. I try to make an environment where it's warm, where it's OK to fail - a kind of home, I suppose.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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I wrote for nearly six hours. When I stopped, the dark mood, as if by magic, had folded its cloak and gone away.
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When I was a kid, all I ever wanted was to be famous.
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For decades, scholars have studied the ways in which implicit biases affect how we perceive other people in this multiethnic society of ours. The data consistently shows that about 90 percent of us possess some implicit prejudices - and, unsurprisingly, people typically favor their own group.
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As far as Israel, I am not worried about the relations between Israel and the United States.
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This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities. Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority.
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The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
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The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
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There's a hardening of the culture. Reality TV has lowered the standards of entertainment. You're left wondering about the legitimacy of relationships. It's probably harder to entertain the same people with a more classic form of writing, and romantic comedies are a classic genre.
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National partition is a sorrow that touches all Koreans, but for me it is brought to the fore by unimaginable personal suffering.
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As far as acting goes, you get to a certain point where, I think, everyone can do the job, and it comes down to a level of commitment. I think sometimes all you have to do is show up.
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I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.
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I have a ship's bed, which totally plays to my obsession of, if I were not an actress, I would be a pirate.
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My father became the Mayor of Indian Wells, California, a tony desert enclave of rich, conservative Republicans.
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I can't give you a brain, but I can give you a diploma.
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The economic costs of starting your own business can be significant; in fact, most new startup companies fail because of undercapitalization.
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I love playing sports. I'm overly eager and aggressive and not very skilled, so it leads to many small injuries.
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Children don't really understand the concept of health. You can't give them an apple and say 'if you eat this you will be healthy when you're older' because they don't understand. You have to find a different way to motivate them.
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'Don't Look Now' is a masterpiece. I think it's the best-edited movie of all time. I adore it.
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The alternative, no limits on Iran's nuclear program, no inspections, an Iran that's closer to a nuclear weapon, the risk of regional nuclear arms race, and the greater risk of war - all that would endanger our [American] security.
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I don't want to be one of those guys that you see who made $4 million, invested $3.5 million, and now you work at Wendy's.
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Home is the center of life. It's the wellspring of personhood. It's where we say we're ourselves.
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I love playing the guitar.
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Performers are so vulnerable. They're frightened of humiliation, sure their work will be crap. I try to make an environment where it's warm, where it's OK to fail - a kind of home, I suppose.
