Sam Taylor-Wood Quotes
After I left college, I went to work at the Royal Opera House in London, which became a real catalyst for me because it made me realize that I was interested in cinema and in the way life is thrust at you. So I started making films.
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When companies get big, they slow down. They're not as exciting. If you want to get something done, it takes a lot of time and a lot of meetings.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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Sometimes a chord on a guitar will somehow spur some thought in your head, and you will write a song about it.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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My advice to anyone would be to focus on your current job and be the best at it. The rest will take care of itself.
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I'm a monomaniac with one goal: clean air from clean energy.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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Urban America is like a foreign country in a sense.
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Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.
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You have to know what club you are playing for, or you just play for yourself. Every time I put on a Liverpool shirt, I know it is more than just a football game.
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I'm really looking forward to working with Meghan Trainor because that's in the pipeline, and I'm eager for it to really happen.
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I don't know that Islam has ever been a subject of anything that I've written. I think Muslims have often been, but those are two very different things.
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Don't use your advance to buy an antique sports car, diamonds by the yard, or a bottle of wine from Thomas Jefferson's cellar instead of investing in your book.
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I never, never thought one day I will sing at La Scala or I will get the Grammy. I'm lucky. I work a lot with a teacher, with my coach.
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I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.
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I've never been a huge sweets eater, and I've always loved a Mediterranean diet. We eat a lot of dark leafy greens, and a couple meals each week are meat-free. We enjoy eating a balanced diet.
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Once I start reading something, I can't stop. I obsessively read, which is a problem with long books!
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It is impossible to conduct your life as a disciple without definite times of secret prayer.
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I'm from L.A. I'm an actor. I'm a flake.
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All of it is bad. We just struggled so badly offensively. We just couldn't put the ball in the basket. They did a great job with Tracy (McGrady) struggling. Sloppy, we just didn't play well, just didn't take care of the ball.
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There's a real difference of what one believed was one's chief responsibility between American professors and Chinese professors. This was vividly revealed to me when I compared what I could learn in Chicago and what I could learn in China.
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After I left college, I went to work at the Royal Opera House in London, which became a real catalyst for me because it made me realize that I was interested in cinema and in the way life is thrust at you. So I started making films.
