Maika Monroe Quotes
A lot of times, I'll get roles where it's the dumb blonde or the cheerleader, and I just have no interest - and it can be a great movie, it really can - or the mean girl; those things don't intrigue me much.
Quotes to Explore
-
If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
-
We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
-
To his credit, Obama has undertaken a truly ambitious effort to redefine the United States' view of the world and to reconnect the United States with the emerging historical context of the twenty-first century. He has done this remarkably well.
-
I am inspired by anything beautiful. Sometime it's a pair of eyes or flowing gorgeous hair, other times it's the sky or a sunset. I've been inspired by supple skin or the texture of a soft shirt.
-
Kids are taking music for free all the time. They have Spotify, Pandora... The record companies aren't making the kind of music that they used to make. Artists make their money on tours, not from album sales.
-
To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
-
Music was your real passion, this thing you held dear even above family. It was this relationship that never betrayed you. Once it became your job - this thing that was highly visible, this thing that became about commerce - that's when you were holding onto music like it was a palm tree in a hurricane.
-
I do not support a North American Union. I disagree fundamentally with that, and I think the United States should be governing itself and not being governed by multilateral unions, the United Nations.
-
The older I get, the more I realize the importance of maintaining an even temperament - not getting too emotional, focusing on the task at hand. You don't want to make a business deal based on your emotions.
-
I'm very, very sensitive to pain and to people who suffer.
-
The Guardian's 'Word of Mouth' blog bridges the gap between blogging and serious food journalism.
-
When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me.
-
History's a resource.
-
Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
-
You know for me when I promise something I want to deliver. If you don't, you have to disappear.
-
Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.
-
Today is either the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning. Today we are making history.
-
My first Top of the Pops I didn't want to do. I was terrified. I'd never done television before. Seeing the video afterwards was like watching myself die.
-
Food is the best way to teach history and geography and most everything else.
-
When there are starving people in the world, it seems wrong that so many of us Americans eat as much for entertainment as for nourishment.
-
People have to take control of their own lives. Education is key because it also raises other social indicators like healthcare.
-
The only shoes that look futuristic are Crocs, but they would be terrible to use in a futuristic movie.
-
It's so cheap to just release a movie. You can do it by yourself if you have to. Put in on the Internet if you have to.
-
A lot of times, I'll get roles where it's the dumb blonde or the cheerleader, and I just have no interest - and it can be a great movie, it really can - or the mean girl; those things don't intrigue me much.
