Patty Jenkins Quotes
When I made 'Monster,' I didn't think about it being about a woman. I didn't think about that she was a lesbian. I was telling a story about a specific person who was tragic and looking for love in the world, and the more I could make her you, the more of a victory.Patty Jenkins
Quotes to Explore
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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
Dale Carnegie -
Hollywood is strange in and of itself. People dress up and pretend to be other people, and you can either make millions of dollars, or no money. It's odd.
Octavia Spencer -
I was not meant to go deer hunting every fall.
Frances Fisher -
For me, writing a song, I sit down and the process doesn't really involve me thinking about the demographic of people I'm trying to hit or who I want to be able to relate to the song or what genre of music it falls under.
Taylor Swift -
By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it.
Ted Williams -
My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
Rafe Spall
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Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white.
Francia Raisa -
The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould -
I really don't believe in magic.
Joanne Rowling -
Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag behind. We can and we must move constantly forward.
Valentina Tereshkova -
Kids need time for problem solving, critical thinking, applying knowledge through project-based instruction, working in teams, falling down and getting right back up to figure out what they didn't understand and why.
Randi Weingarten -
I think people respect governments that take decisions and act decisively.
P. Chidambaram
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The feeling of insecurity is inimical to our sense of wellbeing, as it causes anxiety and stress, which harms our physical and mental health. It is no surprise then that, according to some surveys, workers across the world value job security more highly than wages.
Ha-Joon Chang -
I never see things I make in the same way that the audience does. You can never do that.
Baz Luhrmann -
Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.
Flo Rida -
There's no sex in Middle Earth.
Ian Mckellen -
The money factor had been kind of my excuse as to why I hadn't put out any music. So I just found the cheapest way to make music and get it to people, and that was via the Internet.
Sam Hunt -
I'm not pretending to be ingenuous; I know what I'm doing.
Barbara Kingsolver
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Seek out people who aren’t afraid of making mistakes and who, therefore, do make mistakes. Because of that, their work often isn’t recognized, but they are precisely the kind of people who change the world and, after many mistakes, do something that will transform their own community completely'.
Paulo Coelho -
My father was sick when I was little, and we had a woman, a nanny-type, who was from Ireland. Her daughter was in Irish dancing, so she put me in it, and in the summertime, every weekend was filled with traveling somewhere to dance in competitions.
Annie Wersching -
My mother taught me to walk proud and tall 'as if the world was mine.'
Sofia Villani Scicolone -
I'm addicted to food, so if you bring the cake and stuff to my house, I might walk by and take a swipe of icing and keep it moving. So what happens is I try to not keep it around.
Fat Joe -
As an entrepreneur, I've come across countless articles and quotes proudly telling me that I should accept failure, smile, and keep my head up. In other words, I've been told to stay positive. The thing is, when you're forced to shut down a business and let really awesome people you care about go, staying positive is the last thing on your mind.
John Rampton -
When I made 'Monster,' I didn't think about it being about a woman. I didn't think about that she was a lesbian. I was telling a story about a specific person who was tragic and looking for love in the world, and the more I could make her you, the more of a victory.
Patty Jenkins