Jane Campion Quotes
What I have learned from my work up to now, is to try to be open, but also protect myself by not letting the good and the evil get too much importance.
Quotes to Explore
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One must always try to see the truth of a situation - it makes things universal.
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My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for drama school, they knew there was enough passion there for them to be brave and back me.
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I needed to really pursue music and learn what I needed to learn on my own by getting in and doing it, not by reading a book about it.
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I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.
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You must avoid giving hostages to fortune, like getting an expensive wife, an expensive house, and a style of living that never lets you aford the time to take the chance to write what you wish.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind,' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
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When it comes to memories of that iconic type, memories that are burned into you, I have maybe ten or so from my childhood. I'm a bad rememberer of situations. I forget almost everything as soon as it happens.
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I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.
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What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.
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The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.
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I don't know, a lot of people go crazy about 'Breaking Bad,' but I don't like the soap opera aspect of it and only following one character. I like the context to all of it, all the pieces, like 'The Wire.' It's more about the state of things; it's not about the narrative of a person.
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I acted when I was a real little kid. My mother was an actress in a Miami theater company comprised of actors from Cuba like her and I was the default kid.
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By nature, I'm an optimistic person. No one believes it, but I am.
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Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.
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I graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with an English literature degree and travelled for a year before going to work.
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It's a touchy subject, but as a Southerner, you can't ignore our history any more than a Renaissance painter can ignore the Virgin Mary. And it's impossible to drive down a road or eat a vegetable or pass a church without being reminded of slavery.
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My theory on politics is no one really knows how it works, so I choose not to comment on stuff too outside of my league.
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It is only through religion that communism can be achieved, and has been achieved over and over.
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We've seen over time that countries that have the best economic growth are those that have good governance, and good governance comes from freedom of communication. It comes from ending corruption. It comes from a populace that can go online and say, 'This politician is corrupt, this administrator, or this public official is corrupt.'
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Once you break someone of the habit of up-talking, they can start to see immediate improvement in their careers.
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What I have learned from my work up to now, is to try to be open, but also protect myself by not letting the good and the evil get too much importance.
