Meg Wolitzer Quotes
In 'The Interestings' I wanted to write about what happens to talent over time. In some people talent blooms, in others it falls away.
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There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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Well, the crazy thing for me is I think out of anything that's happened in the last year, all the success, people always ask what do you guys do with the money? I don't think they realize we're not really making any money.
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I think that its easy to think of the environment as all doom and gloom and that, 'What can we do, it's too late. And the polar bears are gone, and everything is gone.' But really, just the little steps that we can make as individuals make a big difference.
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If you're going to make a sequel to 'Sicario', you have to - you know, you've got to go beat a brand new path.
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If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist.
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After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.
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The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
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The definition of a Schwarzenegger Republican is a Bush Republican who says he's a Schwarzenegger Republican.
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We have to change the kind of free trade deals we sign. We would have to change the absolutely central role of frenetic consumption in our culture. We would have to change the role of money in politics and our political system.
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I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.
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I thought of learning cinematography, so I assisted a cinematographer for an ad.
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No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
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I would probably do anything with David Mamet. He's so great. I just love his writing.
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I've done movies I'm very proud of, but there's always a sense of: 'Come see this shiny new car!' The question I hate the most is: 'Why should people see it?'
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A cap on carbon is important because it sets a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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Growing up in Nashville, especially in a music business family, means growing up with knowledge that seems like common sense until later in life when you realize people spend thousands of dollars a semester trying to learn or pretending to learn while looking for some intern job on music row.
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I've always wanted to be an actress as well as a fashion designer.
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Well then. Will the naysayers please leave the universe?
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Religious pluralism is neither mere coexistence nor forced consensus. It is a form of proactive cooperation that affirms the identity of the constituent communities while emphasizing that the well-being of each and all depends on the health of the whole. It is the belief that the common good is best served when each community has a chance to make its unique contribution.
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I'm a monomaniac with one goal: clean air from clean energy.
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In 'The Interestings' I wanted to write about what happens to talent over time. In some people talent blooms, in others it falls away.
