Gaby Hoffmann Quotes
I made a lot of movies that people loved when I was a kid, but I didn't have any real relationship to them.
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There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.
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Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
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On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.
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Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.
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Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.
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People shouldn't have to spend a lot of money to get high-quality clothing.
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My father was raised in the mountains of New Mexico, and he picked cotton for a dollar a day. He was working for the family from the time he was 7.
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What we have done, the result of that comes to us whenever it comes, either today, tomorrow, hundred years later, hundred lives later, whatever, whatever. And so, it's our own karma. That is why that philosophy in every religion: Killing is sin. Killing is sin in every religion.
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If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.
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Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.
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It's my dream, my goal to be good at Olympics, anywhere they are in the world.
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They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure.
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I want to thank the pioneering women who years ago opened the doors of politics in Costa Rica. My government will be open to all Costa Ricans of good faith.
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A win for one is a win for all - and I'm not just saying that because Dumas did.
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Every quirky girl doesn't have to be the best-friend character. It's a very limiting and self-fulfilling prophecy. People only write things that will get green-lit, so they write to those stereotypes.
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There seems little doubt in my mind that depression, in particular at the severe end of the experience of this condition, is as real a disorder as diabetes is at the severe end of blood glucose levels.
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I'm a spoilt brat. I thought I was just going to walk in and make movies. But I'd been my own boss for so long that all of a sudden to be facing a roomful of people who were niggling over every little scene... I just thought I'd go back and draw my comics and have a happy life.
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As long as you're being honest and there's intention in what you're doing, then I think that energy permeates your field and becomes like a homing signal for other people with like energies.
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I lived in Nashville for about five years. It was almost like me going to college for my craft. I immersed myself in the songwriting community there. They embraced me, and I made some real friends but also learned so much.
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I made a lot of movies that people loved when I was a kid, but I didn't have any real relationship to them.
