Sandra Bullock Quotes
If a film is not a success, then that's just the way things are. Nothing I can do can make a difference. I have stopped worrying about it.
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A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.
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I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.
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There were centuries when civilization had no theater.
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No one inspired me to write, but writer Harlan Ellison terrified me into getting published.
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Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its wrist to show how long it takes to do it.
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There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
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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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I just picked up golf, it was good, give me a chance to play golf.
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If I did everything, I probably wouldn't be here talking to you. There aren't too many people who can actually double me, so I do most of my stunts though.
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The best migrant is the migrant who does not come.
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When I decided to direct, never having done that before, is something I'm very proud of.
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I was definitely the kid in the back of the class with his head down the whole time not wanting to speak up and say anything.
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I drifted into acting. My grandfather had a house in Buffalo in which there was a stage, and his friends met every two weeks or so to put on plays. So it was natural for me to put on plays, too, when I went to boarding school. I put on everything in the drama - I was indiscriminate. I put on Yeats and Shaw and Lady Gregory.
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But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.
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You can live a wonderful life, you can love God with all your heart, and you can love your husband or wife very passionately and have a balance in your life. I live by balance.
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I just like the insides of things and finding ways into microscopic worlds. There's also an element of control, taking things apart and putting them back together. It's a very tedious task. You can be alone and create a world for yourself.
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In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body - it is heritage.
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By means of microscopic observation and astronomical projection the lotus flower can become the foundation for an entire theory of the universe and an agent whereby we may perceive Truth.
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All other things have a portion of everything, but Mind is infinite and self-ruled, and is mixed with nothing but is all alone by itself.
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Acting is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses.
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I choose movies, I never choose roles. I look at the script. I look at the director. I look at the other actors - and then the role.
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I’m working on several theories,” I said. “But I’m currently favoring the hypothesis that the moon has a seemingly arbitrary effect on magic because it likes to piss me off.” “That’s a theory with a high degree of applicability to other spheres of life,” he said. “Yes it is,” I said, and we spontaneously fist
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I want a very ordered image, but I want it to come about by chance.
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If a film is not a success, then that's just the way things are. Nothing I can do can make a difference. I have stopped worrying about it.
