Callie Khouri Quotes
What I'm mainly interested in is not having women characters that have to be perfect, obviously. That's something I feel strongly about and have that in every single thing I've ever done.
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Student cartoonists as well as professionals should always be careful that they're not doing a cartoon that already has been done.
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The antagonisms between men and women express themselves in the most delicate phase of their life together - in their sexual relationship.
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In 2016, makeup has become an incredible passion and hobby for men and women, but it hasn't become mainstream.
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It can be frustrating when you're put in a category with others. Women do get lumped together in this reductive grouping, and you think, 'Gosh, that rarely happens with the boys.' I'm sure people don't say to Eddie Redmayne, 'How do you feel about Andrew Garfield?'
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You have to really love women in order to really just have a respect for women and love them. No man - I don't care what kind of man it is, how feminine he is - they never could understand what we go through as far as physically and mentally.
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At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil.
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Some of the regrets I've had about my own career are things I have not done that I should have done. More than some of the things that I've done.
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Women are needed in the military because there aren't enough soldiers, and we're seeing more women serve.
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On Earth, men and women are taking the same risks. Why shouldn't we be taking the same risks in space?
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I've never had anything done on my face. I've never had dermabrasion or peels or injections of any kind, nothing.
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Well, actually, I manage a couple of stock portfolios or funds or whatever you want to call 'em, and I think I've done relatively well with them.
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Even though 'Vicky Donor' was a huge success, I have had one or two films which have not done well, but that's all right.
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In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same.
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We learned to put discipline in the haircuts by using actual geometry, actual architectural shapes and bone structure. The cut had to be perfect and layered beautifully, so that when a woman shook it, it just fell back in.
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I adore book-to-film adaptations when they're done well, and I'm more lenient than many readers when it comes to what counts as 'done well.' For me, the most important thing is that the film maintains the spirit of the original book.
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I would prefer to live forever in perfect health, but if I must at some time leave this life, I would like to do so ensconced on a chaise longue, perfumed, wearing a velvet robe and pearl earrings, with a flute of champagne beside me and having just discovered the answer to the last problem in a British cryptic crossword.
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I started to think of Grace of Monaco as a metaphor for women in general.
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Imagine if you came to work and you wanted to be positive, and somebody made a positive situation negative. I don't want to be negative. I've been fighting for 17 years, always negative. Why can't I have something positive done?
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I think the first role I ever played was Mr. Bumble in a production of 'Oliver.'
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Music is a great natural high and a great natural escape.
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A snowdrift is a beautiful thing - if it doesn't lie across the path you have to shovel or block the road that leads to your destination.
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My father came from old money. There was less of an expectation for the children to earn a living.
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What I'm mainly interested in is not having women characters that have to be perfect, obviously. That's something I feel strongly about and have that in every single thing I've ever done.
