Sam Taylor-Wood Quotes
I went out of my way to try not to be an artist, because I thought I would end up leading a miserable, obscure life. I tried to escape it for as long as I could, until I had to admit at 25 that that was my path.
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I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the intricate set of relationships and histories that we filmmakers depend on to make our most personal work.
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My idea is just to do something different each time; the next thing I do has to be completely different to the thing I've done before - that's what I try and do, because you know, I'm an actor, not a film star.
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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
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Circle are praised, not that abound, In largeness, but the exactly round.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, my first pop album, the first time that I'd fused so many influences. I was very proud when it was in the charts in 25 countries at once.
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Red Carpet has a nice package abstraction layer that allows us to support RPMs and DEBs transparently.
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As far as expectations go, you can never work for expectations. You have to work against them.
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You can observe a lot by watching.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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You perhaps know me as a novelist. Literature is one of the arts – in fact, the noblest of the arts. That is not my opinion; it was first expressed by the ancients. As art, literature has many similarities with the other art forms.
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The journey that I have undertaken, meeting people from all walks of life and learning from them, has been my biggest achievement.
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Rahul Gandhi is very idealistic and a very decent human being. He has real concerns for the downtrodden.
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We have met the enemy and he is us.
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No, I am who I am. I'm not going to change for anybody.
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People put off writing thinking they don't have the time or enough of an opinion to matter and that is crap. You are the only one standing in your own way, so get started.
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When the simple word processors came in, writing became crisper, less dense - just because of the way we could instantly edit on the screen. Now the ability to mash up words and pictures and links and songs and tweets is what matters. I can't imagine what writing will be like in 2154.
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Life is too large to hang out a sign: 'For Men Only.'
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I remember wearing the big oversized baseball and basketball jerseys and Timbaland boots. I was a tomboy growing up. I recently caught a picture of myself, and I was like, 'God! What was I thinking about?'
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It's up to [Angela Merkel] whether she wants to stand again and then ultimately, it'll be up to the German people to decide what the future holds. If I were here and I were German and I had a vote, I might support her.
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I went out of my way to try not to be an artist, because I thought I would end up leading a miserable, obscure life. I tried to escape it for as long as I could, until I had to admit at 25 that that was my path.
