Gaby Hoffmann Quotes
Her mother, Laurie Simmons, is a contemporary artist, and my stepmother, Cindy Sherman, is a photographer, so they've known each other forever. Lena and I were often at the same dinner parties when we were kids.
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The directors told me they were going to recruit good players with whom I could play decent football. Marko Marin, Oscar and me, we like to have the ball at our feet. Juan Mata likes the ball; so does Ramires.
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The beauty of kids is they don't care who you are, which is why people like the Obamas like them so much - they treat them like normal people.
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I was just so excited to have a child! I held him up like he was Simba in 'The Lion King.' I wanted to sing 'The Circle of Life.'
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I had done some TV movies that were great experiences but, no, I wasn't looking to do a series.
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I would love to see as many of the black players as possible in today's Major League Baseball make every effort to go to the Negro Leagues Museum and get a first-hand view of how it all started.
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If I don't get healthy food, my staff cooks for me.
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We had to get serious and hit all aspects. We had to graduate. That's what you got to do: reach all people across the nation.
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For a border state, I would argue that Texas is less lunatic on the subject of immigration issues than other places around it, like Arizona. They're much more comfortable with their long-term identity as a place with a very large Hispanic population.
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There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
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With publicity comes humiliation.
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I just want to try writing for other people 'cause it's quite exciting.
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I don't really believe in the auteur theory.
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The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free.
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In fiction, a reaction shot is a brief portrayal of how your character reacts to something that someone else has done. In contrast to more direct character building, your guy doesn't initiate the sequence; he completes it. Exactly how he completes it can tell readers a lot about him.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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I want to communicate to the everyday person. I don't want to just roll around in my own avant-garde pool of coolness.
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Well, I'm an independent person.
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To get into Afghanistan, I bribed my way into a camel caravan of smugglers.
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We've gotta guarantee all of our kids an education.
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My mother implanted in me as a young girl...you can either be an actor in your own life, or a reactor in somebody else's.
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When I wrote 'Pink Houses,' nobody was talking about that, right? The next thing I know, you can't see the TV without hearing commercials with 'Listen to the heartbeat of America,' or 'Born the American way.' That whole America thing now - I hate it.
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Her mother, Laurie Simmons, is a contemporary artist, and my stepmother, Cindy Sherman, is a photographer, so they've known each other forever. Lena and I were often at the same dinner parties when we were kids.
