John Lanchester Quotes
Photography brought a lot to painting because it forced artists to think about what painting could do that photography couldn't.
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Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.
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Success depends almost entirely on how effectively you learn to manage the game's two ultimate adversaries: the course and yourself.
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When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand with everything.
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The success of 'The Shadow of the Wind' made me very happy, but it did not change my perspective or the way I was.
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Maybe I was unpopular a bit because I was a teacher's pet. But even the teachers complained about me. They would say to my parents, 'For every one question any pupil asks, Walter asks 10.'
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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'Jurassic Park' has a lot of science in it - and a lot of it is wrong - but if it was all accurate, it would be a documentary.
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You know, one of the things I like about this world, or at least I like about the way we're presenting this world, is these issues are terribly complicated - not nearly as black and white as we're led to believe.
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The non-utility of my kitchen could be transformed into its utility for art. To do a show there would mix art and life, naturally.
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The Highlander was a documentary, and events happened in real time.
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People get to choose who they follow, so they follow me for me. It's super humbling and awesome.
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You're one of the most natural, great singers I've heard in a long time.
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Gossip is easy, politics is hard.
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I will try to give my 100% in the field and do my job.
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A woman would pitch a joke. Nothing. Then a guy would pitch it and everybody would laugh.
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The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will leap to a hasty opinion rather than undergo it.
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I liked George Weiss when he was with the Yankees. He loved the Old Timers' Day. He loved it. And he invited all these people to come, all these players to come.
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I remember playing on pretty much an all-minority youth team and going to some of the tournaments north of Cincinnati and not being able to stay with host families where all the other teams were staying with host families.
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With 'Girls,' Marnie was a slow burn; she shifted over time. With 'Get Out,' I was suddenly faced with the pressure that, like, I need an audience to know Rose deeply within 15 minutes, within a couple scenes. And that's not something I've ever done before.
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The best that can happen is that someone can catch a glimpse of the glory you're hinting at.
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I was faced more with apathy than opposition.
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Arts is like the power of now. When you're performing, when you're playing, when you're sculpting, painting, it's that moment. I'm in the moment of my life, and that's what I love to do.
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Photography brought a lot to painting because it forced artists to think about what painting could do that photography couldn't.
