Famke Janssen Quotes
In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.
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Nothing is certain in life but death and taxes. And in Donald Trump's case, lies.
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I shall strive not to be guilty of adding any fuel to the flames of hatred and passion which, if continued to be fed, promise to burn up whatever is left by the war of decent human feeling in Europe.
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There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
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I tweeted once, and I still stick to this, that I would love to marry a Croatian girl. I want my children to speak Croatian first, and for them to do that, we need someone who speaks very good Croatian.
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I'm not interested in closure. Some people just have heart attacks and die, right? There's no closure.
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SAP is a great company, but they have their work cut out for them if they want to compete in databases.
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For a writer, life is always too short to write. I will just try my best during what remains of my life.
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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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I know what a long shot race is like, and I'm willing to put the work in.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.
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If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings upon you.
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Put me in a costume, and I'm your man. I must have one of those faces which seems to suit period drama more than modern films and TV programmes. But I'm not complaining, I love going back in time. I feel quite lucky because nobody knows who I am. I can walk about and have ordinary conversations with people.
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I am always worried that over-planning and outlining will kill the magic of writing; most of the world I created in 'California' occurred via good old sexy sentence-making.
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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Americans resident in China inform us that the ballot box in their country is greatly abused for personal ends, and Chinese admirers of the American Republic have not minutely examined its defects.
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There are some circumstances in which the First Amendment interest comes up against another interest that is really important and in which we have to make a decision in a particular case as to which is more important.
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The symbolic value of having an African-American president has certainly eased some racial tensions in America, but they're not gone.
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To fear is to expect punishment. To love is to know we are immersed not in darkness, but in light.
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I like things going on in my life. I don't want to be on a beach somewhere just relaxing.
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We used to dial; now we speed dial. We used to read; now we speed read. We used to walk; now we speed walk. And of course, we used to date, and now we speed date. And even things that are by their very nature slow - we try and speed them up, too.
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Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
