Franchesca Ramsey Quotes
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It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation.
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I really like just super dry comedy.
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The main thing I've learned is that we all have to learn to work with - and appreciate - the brain we've been given, and not waste time wishing things were easier.
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What I like to call 'journalism of depth' is the media that regards the collective conscience of the masses to be its point of departure. It is the media that believes, as a matter of principle, in the potential capabilities of the people and respects their choices.
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I go to see maybe seven films a year at the most, and since I only go to see the best, it follows that I very rarely see my own.
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By far, the best moment of my big league career was when I caught the last out at the World Series.
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I respect the view of a rating agency, but I do not make a budget for the rating agency. I make a budget for the people of India.
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Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all time low over the world.
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You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.
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I have dangerous bones in my body.
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I think for the last fifteen, twenty years or so, Hollywood has underestimated the appeal of the Western. I think there is still a huge market.
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I stopped worrying about being desired a long time ago.
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I don't seek validation outside, not even with the audience. Today they like me, but tomorrow they may hate me. I don't want to be anybody's role model.
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Factories not what they used to be - they're all extremely high-tech.
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I would like to be a legend, everyone wants to be a legend.
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The soundtrack of O Brother is the most publicity I've gotten. I don't feel that I have lost any of my old fans, but I have gained new ones.
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I know now that what countries do at summits has the power to help girls in Pakistan, Nigeria or Afghanistan.
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There's nothing in Hollywood that's inherently detrimental to good art. I think that's a fallacy that we've created because we frame the work that way too overtly. 'This is Hollywood.' 'This isn't Hollywood.' It's like, 'No, this is actually all Hollywood.' People are just framing them differently.
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I have no intention of ever writing beauty tips on how to make an African-American nose look slimmer or Asian eyes look bigger. That's degrading. Asian eyes are what's beautiful about you and what makes you different.
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It is safer to learn than teach; and who conceals his opinion has nothing to answer for.
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The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world.
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I would get up at 3 in the morning and write. Or sometimes I would write at midnight. Or I would write when my child napped. It wasn't a burden. I was so enthused about what I was doing at the time that I really didn't mind.
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We can't all wake up and know everything.
