Patty Jenkins Quotes
It's not easy to be a hero. You do it because of what you believe, not because of what other people deserve.
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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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Everybody thinks they deserve something.
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I write poems, I meditate. I don't live up to people's expectations. I don't do the conventional cool things - I know I am the coolest person.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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Whatever people thought the first time they held a portable phone the size of a shoe in their hands, it was nothing like where we are now, accustomed to having all knowledge at our fingertips.
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In our world of rampant 'individualisation', relationships are mixed blessings. They vacillate between a sweet dream and a nightmare, and there is no telling when one turns into the other.
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I know what it is like to fear violence. I understand the adrenalin rush that comes before violent confrontations. I write my scripts from an emotional point of view and direct so the audience can experience this adrenalin rush.
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Human faces shouldn't get lost amid the statistics.
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People do not lack strength; they lack will.
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In a way, I envy the freedom artists have. Artists can push themselves beyond their limits, in pursuit of their ideas and their vision, even if they are inhabited by demons that can also play tricks on them.
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I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.
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Thinking about your role will automatically get you in the frame of mind to get your strategy and game plan right before you step onto that field.
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I am what they call a chubby-skinny guy. I appear to be normal and have the look of an in-shape man, but if we were to go to a pool party I would go with my shirt on.
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The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.
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The L.A Trilogy is a series of three novels starring Ray, a robot detective, and his boss, a computer called Googol. Set in an alternative version of 1960s Los Angeles, each book will be more or less standalone but together will form an overarching story arc with 'Brisk Money' as the origin story.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins.
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My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me.
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I don't like going to the gym because I don't like being with people I don't know in that intense environment.
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Not to belittle what we do as actors, but my wife Helen is a teacher, and she makes a real difference to kids. So it's unusual to see people thinking of us as something special.
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For most people, Twitter feels lonely.
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You know, I find people with great honesty, bodily, physical honesty, who sit just the way they like to sit, and walk the way they like to walk, and don't come into a room all pumped up, I find them elegant.
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The two people I like most—outside my family—have secrets that I don’t ask about. Momma says it’s a flaw. She says I should be more interested; that people like to be asked about themselves. I should find out what made them who they are. I look at Shoogy and Bobby and think it doesn’t matter ’cause the past doesn’t always make sense of the present.
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It's not easy to be a hero. You do it because of what you believe, not because of what other people deserve.
