Jeff Nichols Quotes
My first job in the film business was working as a production assistant, and then a production manager on a documentary about Townes Van Zandt.
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The most inspiring objects are books. I have about 5,000 volumes in my home library. It's an unending source of visuals and ideas.
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Well, you know, I was through the whole of the Second World War and saw all my friends killed.
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I'm super lucky because I come home and I don't have to run errands and clean the house and do all that.
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For me, music was a cathartic way to free me from the nut of Ghost. After working on set for 'Power' for 14 hours, it allowed me to pour my sanity and insanity into the music.
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There's a lot of heartache because you don't always win. You need loads of determination.
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I have a dress-up chest at home. I love to create this fantasy kind of thing.
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In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
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Compromise, contrary to popular opinion, does not mean selling out one's principles. Compromise means working out differences to forge a solution which fits the diversity of the body politic.
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Reddit strives to be a community-oriented link-sharing and news site, which means that all our content is submitted and voted on by members of our community. We don't interfere with that process at all, either in an editorial or curation capacity.
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I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.
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Over the next decade, there will be disruption as significant as the Internet was for publishing, where blockchain is going to disrupt dozens of industries, one being capital markets and Wall Street.
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The voters in District 8 shared our vision that Washington is broken, and we're going to go up there and fix it.
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Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.
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Playing in Wembley Stadium in front of 83-some-thousand fans to win a gold medal was unreal.
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The distinction between reality and fiction in America seems like it is becoming really blurry. With its religious fanaticism, reality TV programs and fake news broadcasts being aired by the government, the States feel like they are entering the Dark Ages.
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Beware, all too often we say what we hear others say. We think what we are told that we think. We see what we are permitted to see. Worse, we see what we are told that we see.
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Not only do I not want to be stereotyped as this Asian girl who fights - gee, what a wonder - but also I have more to offer than that.
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The struggle is so great that the triumph over fascism alone is worth the sacrifice of our lives.
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My nemesis - my downfall, if you will - was relationships, and trying to fulfill them.
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Your mindset matters. It affects everything - from the business and investment decisions you make, to the way you raise your children, to your stress levels and overall well-being.
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I think early on I knew what I was going to do and it was based a lot on familiarity but it was also because I didn't have a lot of skills. There was nothing I wanted t be. I didn't want to be a doctor. I wanted to be in show business.
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My philosophy is it's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.
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If you don't feel good in it, don't wear it. Because it'll never look good. Any hesitation in the fitting room and just walk away.
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My first job in the film business was working as a production assistant, and then a production manager on a documentary about Townes Van Zandt.
