Jeffrey Skoll Quotes
My goal was to leverage the power of movies and the reach they have and include important messages. Of course, they still have to be entertaining so that people will watch them, but I wanted to make sure there was a message, a takeaway.
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My feeling is, I do a lot of low-budget films. I don't do low-budget acting. I have no interest in just goofballing my way through, thinking, 'Ah, no one's ever going to see this anyway.'
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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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I'm an actress, not a pinup.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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I like my house to be unique to me. Sure, I've bought plenty of things out of a catalog, but the way I put them together in my home is special. You might have bought your sofa at a major home decorating store, but the rug you found at the flea market is so unique, it takes your room from 'carbon copy' to 'simply yours' in no time.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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Millions of us, myself included, go back generations in this country, with ancestors who put in the painstaking work to become citizens. So we don't like the notion that anyone might get a free pass to American citizenship.
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In general, while Trump has been a master of Twitter, he has shown an aversion to, and ignorance of, technology itself.
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You can't be taught to be brainy. You've either got it or you don't.
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.
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At any Maroon 5 concert, you'll see a room backstage marked 'yoga.'
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Things get so sloppy when you're under the influence.
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Tennis is definitely a star for women in sports.
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There's something really fun about being scared, and I guess that was at least part of why I wanted to film certain scenes from my new book, 'Skeleton Creek.'
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Alanis Morissette - I love how she's not afraid to say what she wants to say. Love it or hate it, she's going to say it. And her vocals are crazy; they're amazing, and I also love how her music is really organic.
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I always wake up 10 minutes before I have to be anywhere.
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I always wanted to be the person to whom people looked forward to give opportunities. As opposed to always being the person who wants to work with others and who is always the backup: where it's like, 'If nothing works out then OK, let's get this person.'
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A lot of people are scared to come visit my hometown, but to me, violence is everywhere, man.
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I love adventure sports. And, I love cooking.
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The black community has been the foundation of the progressive community in this country for a long time.
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Because Mr. Mandela's early opponents invested so many resources into distorting the true nature of his advocacy, the singular historic moment millions now celebrate could have been tragically lost to guerrilla decontextualization.
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My goal was to leverage the power of movies and the reach they have and include important messages. Of course, they still have to be entertaining so that people will watch them, but I wanted to make sure there was a message, a takeaway.
