Matthew Tobin Anderson Quotes
A lot of the drive to make narratives came from having to play by myself as a 5- or 6-year-old in the woods.
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I was devastated when I got the review for my first book. The book came out a couple years before the women's movement broke through, and people were putting it down, asking, 'Why does the woman in this book need to get a divorce? Why can't she just shut up and be happy?'
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Will Smith said if I ever need some help, he was there for me.
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Wes Craven's 'Shocker' is one of my favorite soundtracks. I don't know where that movie stands in the critical eye of cinema, but it was a really fun movie because of all the bands that were part of it.
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We in Congress stand by Israel. In Congress, we speak with one voice on the subject of Israel.
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To tell you the truth, I hadn't seen any Pixar until I went to see 'Wall-E,' and I watched it and I was shocked to see how adult it was, with the setting in our lives, both present and future, and how they dealt with it... And then quite relieved to find that the one I was working on, 'Up,' how adult it was.
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Pretty much I love all types of fish; I pretty much stick with that. I love vegetables. I don't eat too much carbs, but I love salads, though. I'll usually have a salad, except for breakfast.
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The Illinois Constitution was written before they realized they'd have a city the size of Chicago in the state. The constitution had severe limits on the ability of any city to raise monies through taxes and bonds. When Chicago grew explosively, they had to come up with ways of getting more money to do more things.
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I follow politics very closely. I read several newspapers every day.
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I couldn't swear that I believed in the law - or in the American legal system.
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I'll definitely wear orange on the red carpet!
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Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.
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A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.
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The 21st-century curator works in a supremely globalised reality.
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'SoulPancake' is a website that I founded with a couple of friends, and it is for exploring life's big questions.
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I'd like to go out with friends, but I train twice a day, then I go to school, and at night I go home.
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The art market was very different before the mid-1980s: then, art was all about passion, whereas now it's become a commodity.
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What God hath wrought?
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The frustrating part of being tagged 'controversial' is people go looking for trouble where there isn't any to look for.
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An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.
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As a movement Cubism had consistently stopped short of complete abstraction. Heretics such as Delaunay had painted pure abstractions but in so doing had deserted Cubism.
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Although someone's vote may hurt me by supporting the structures in place that hold people of colour, women, and LGBT+ people down, some people just don't realise that these structures exist. The way someone votes doesn't make them a bad person; it just means that, at the time, this was the best decision they thought they could make.
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I know Peter Jackson a tiny-tiny bit from interviewing him about the 'Lord of the Rings' movies over the years. When I was visiting the set of 'The Return of the King,' he let me be an extra so I could see filmmaking from a different perspective. I was a Rohan soldier.
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A lot of the drive to make narratives came from having to play by myself as a 5- or 6-year-old in the woods.
