Jewell Parker Rhodes Quotes
I would love for there to be a 'Voodoo Dreams' movie, especially after seeing the glorious 'Beasts of the Southern Wild.' I so admired how the filmmakers captured Louisiana and the magical atmosphere. I cried.
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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Obviously, we're focused on the Winter Classic.
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When I started making movies, I was pretty young, and at the time I felt like there needed to be more confrontation in cinema - or I needed to make something more disruptive - so in the beginning, those movies were me wanting to play with the rules.
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Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God.
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Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold.
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I'll tell you something, and this is true: I've never been able to write a film which I didn't respect. I just can't do it. I'm very happy about all the films I haven't done.
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I'm not the type of person to have a schadenfreude.
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Somebody gets to be smart and somebody gets to be dumb. If we win, it'll be because of the president. And if we lose, it'll be because of me.
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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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I think any artist that's going to become anything in this world faces humility: with great humility comes great success.
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Oh, my dating skills are the worst. No, I pick the wrong men; it's amazing. I am awful, the worst dater.
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It's strong to be vulnerable. To be able to communicate with other women is one of the most powerful things.
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Rather than spend millions getting film stars, I am quite happy to be brand ambassador myself.
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While we know gambling is part of the industry in Las Vegas, we're not going to make it all that easy for you to pick up a ticket, a gambling ticket, on your way into the arena.
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A few goals is the way soccer is meant to be played.
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It has been a motto of mine my whole life - just be yourself.
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I have a very feminine voice when I write, a very womanly point of view. My last name feels strong and powerful. To me, it's almost a bit masculine. I like the dichotomy of the two. Two sides perfectly represented within my name.
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Luck consists largely of hanging on by your fingernails until things start to go your way.
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Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you're swinging.
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If there's anything disgusting about the movie business, it's the whoredom of my peers.
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I wear black because I'm a large lady, and I have many exact replicas of the same black outfit.
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Cynicism is full of naive disappointments.
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Last night we had three small zucchini for dinner that were grown within fifty feet of our back door. I estimate they cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $371.49 each.
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I would love for there to be a 'Voodoo Dreams' movie, especially after seeing the glorious 'Beasts of the Southern Wild.' I so admired how the filmmakers captured Louisiana and the magical atmosphere. I cried.
