Abigail Disney Quotes
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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I remember the moon landings, and Apollo was the paradigm by which all progress was measured at that time. And I knew that creating a true space-faring civilization was both possible and practical. What I failed to realize was that the effort would fail due to bureaucratic inertia and political apathy.
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History is not a long series of centuries in which men did all the interesting/important things and women stayed home and twiddled their thumbs in between pushing out babies, making soup and dying in childbirth.
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In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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If we're doing a class project, then I'm going to be the one talking and taking the lead. I might not necessarily put all of the work in the project, but I want to help and do as much as I can and get everyone going in the right direction.
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The film business was a great lesson in business combat and what it takes to survive.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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Social paralysis is strong and stands firmly in the way of change on the ground level. As allies, we have to prepare ourselves to step into the fire when necessary, even - and especially - when said fire is merely a still-lit cigarette tossed carelessly onto the street.
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The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.
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Well, I just hope we can have peace, and I hope it'll do some good.
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I will eat disgusting things, but only those with long established culinary traditions.
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I'm always keeping an eye out for a period piece. I was trained in theatre, so most of the things we did were classical - Shakespeare, Moliere, and Chekhov.
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With Spotify, people don't get it until they try it. Then they tell their friends.
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Acting was something I had to do.
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The way to tackle Muslimphobia is to tackle prejudice against Muslims. What it is not is to pretend that Islamist extremism does not exist.
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I used to dance when I was younger - ballet and modern dance.
Nastassja Kinski -
Too many trees are killed to print the words of people who may not have all that much to say, and authors and journalists are equally culpable in this regard.
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You cannot fashion a wit out of two half-wits.
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Amplifying body-image issues, profiting from anxiety, and employing virtual slaves in sweatshops are bad enough, but the fashion industry is also actively hastening the destruction of the very Earth we walk on. It insists on launching fresh collections each season, declaring yesterday's range obsolete on a whim.
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I expected no miracles; I wasn't young enough for dreams; I knew in my bones that I couldn't escape my troubles by changing the view from my window.”
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I have the mindset of a mid-level guy or a minimum guy. My path here wasn't expected: my path wasn't that I was going to the NBA and making $16 million a year. So I identify more with those guys, and I want to be a voice for them. I want to help them elevate their status in the league. That's my goal.
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The business community is very comfortable with Romney.
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Film is the medium for communicating not just ideas, but things of the heart.
