Sanjeev Bhaskar Quotes
Both my parents were migrant workers who came to the U.K. in the Fifties to better themselves. The culture I grew up in was to work hard, save hard and to look after your family.
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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It's more like can I build a group of characters and can I tell some universal truths that feel real and aren't formulaic in the spirit of filmmakers gone by who've told American stories that were personal and universal as well.
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I used to be a professional kiteboarder. People were like, 'Oh, my God, are you scared of sharks? Are you scared of injuries?' You can't be scared. If you're scared, then you can't do it. You can't train to be the best.
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When I wrote the eight fairy tales that appear in 'Horse, Flower, Bird' I was working toward a completely new form of artistic expression, trying to create a new kind of tale that also felt vintage: innocent and childlike, but haunted. I tried to write a picture-less picture book.
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You don't need to wear Spanx if you buy my clothes. The dress, the trousers, the pencil skirt - they should do the work.
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What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.
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I'm a creative person, so I have to stay busy.
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As a Marine officer in combat, I was responsible for the lives and safety of all the Marines who served with me.
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Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.
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Executive orders are meant for occasional use, not to force something through that the people's elected representatives aren't going to make law.
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You don't only have the need to do it well because leading a country is something quite important, but also because I am the first woman I have the obligation to do it the best possible way so my country can continue voting for women in the future. It is a big responsibility.
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I can honestly say that I've done everything I've wanted to do, always. Not without difficulty. But every time I wanted to do something, I just did it, from the age of 18 when I started my own theater with my friends. When I decided I wanted to act. I just bit the bullet.
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I believe each individual can have a say and make a difference.
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I think women have every right to feel like they're the protagonists in their own stories.
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People will still recognize me and say, 'You'll shoot your eye out!'
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I always grapple with myself, from job to job, 'Is this going to make an impact in some way?'
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My mum worked as a secretary for Christian Dior. She looked like a movie star.
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The majors are very important, and I would love to win one or many. I'll continue to compete in them hard and win if I can. There's not much more I can say. I'd love to be part of the club of people who've won majors.
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I seem to be able to get away with pun strips if I add a panel at the end where I somehow indicate that I know it's a bad pun.
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I have to expend an awful lot of energy actively undoing the impact of my name. Understandably, people assume that I have at least some connection to Iran. The truth is that I don't. I have very little knowledge about the culture, the language, the history. I've never been to Iran. I've never even been inside a mosque.
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Many Africans succumb to the idea that they can't do things because of what society says. Images of Africa are negative - war, corruption, poverty. We need to be proud of our culture.
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The Jews are trying to destroy all other cultures...as a survival mechanism...the only Nazi country in the world is Israel.
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Both my parents were migrant workers who came to the U.K. in the Fifties to better themselves. The culture I grew up in was to work hard, save hard and to look after your family.
