Patty Jenkins Quotes
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I started to work in television for three or four years, in 1954. There was one channel of television, black and white. But it could be entertaining and educational. During the evening they showed important plays, opera or Shakespeare's tragedies.
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The only time I really eat out is when I'm on the road. Then, I make the same choices that I would make at home - salmon and lots of oily fish and veggies.
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I was a dispatcher, flat-tire fixer, changed the oil, fixed the fan belts. There was nothing too good for me.
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I wonder now how tough you have to be to get big things done.
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I'm constantly trying to keep people guessing as to what I'm doing, and I will spend enormous amounts of time looking at manuscripts and asking questions, and people will say, 'I know what his next book is about.'
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I love ice cream, and I love chocolate.
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If you know you are giving your best effort, you'll never have any reason for regrets.
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In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled that individual communities should set obscenity standards. Whenever a case is tried, it will be based on a community standard for that particular place.
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I'd always wanted to be on Broadway one day, but it seemed like a dream that might be unattainable. This business has a lot of ups and downs and I learned that pretty quickly.
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To make theater out of real life, you need to catch dialogue when it happens.
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
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Thrift shopping is all about going into the thrift shop and having no expectation of what you might find.
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I really like one-on-one, rich relationships.
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Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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Creme Brulee is the ultimate 'guy' dessert. Make it and he'll follow you anywhere.
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Christine Bass was my high school music teacher. She took a program on its last legs and within a few years turned into one of the best programs in the country. Our high school dominated national choir competitions all through her 20-plus year tenure.
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Selling is something we do for our clients - not to our clients.
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Look at Gwyneth Paltrow and my favourite, Kate Winslet. No one ever says, 'Oh, she's making a comeback.' To my mind, I just went on maternity leave and reported back to work.
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Let us remember: trials are an evidence of a Father's love.
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Artists are losing the choice to use film. People have a love for it - the grain, how it feels, the texture.
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At a time when we are dealing with unpredictable suppliers of energy abroad and higher gas costs at home, the decision to increase domestic energy exploration is integral to a balanced, common sense energy policy.
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Perverts the Prophets and purloins the Psalms.
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I'd like to do a story about the medieval ages where in every scene you'd sort of feel that you were in the 12th century. That would be great to get that feeling.
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The education of going through the 'Thor' experience was great.
