Shailene Woodley Quotes
I'm already the most fortunate girl in the world, so I have zero expectations for what the future will bring.
Quotes to Explore
-
I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
-
I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions.
-
I find myself so easily discouraged. It is pathetic how easily I can be discouraged - easily discouraged by resistance, easily discouraged by opposition, easily discouraged by hardness of heart, easily discouraged by blindness.
-
I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
-
I have a condition called Aspergers Syndrome, which is like a mild form of autism It means I don't interact properly in certain social situations.
-
It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next day.
-
A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
-
You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.
-
Pigeon racing is a lousy, greedy, and often unlawful activity. One thing that it is not is kind to birds.
-
In the United States, man does not feel that he has been torn from the center of creation and suspended between hostile forces. He has built his own world, and it is built in his own image: it is his mirror. But now he cannot recognize himself in his inhuman objects, nor in his fellows.
-
For me, acting is a long-term thing. I'm not in a hurry to make it. I have no desire to explode onto the film industry. I still want to be acting when I'm 60.
-
After graduating in engineering I went to the University of Kansas to get an MA in economics as a vehicle for allowing me to decide if I wanted to continue in economics.
-
Documentary film without nuanced journalistic sourcing risks being sensational, tendentious or broad-brushed.
-
Let's set aside political gamesmanship and work together for the sake of our children.
-
If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.
-
The real reason why people are going with digital is that it's extraordinarily mobile, and it's cheaper, and it has a great image, and you just can't beat it at night. It's pulling in variations of colors; it's pulling in lights from 40 miles away - a candle would be seen.
-
Something just happens when you're making a record, where certain things start to come out. It's just something in the air.
-
You don't want to disappoint your mama, for that main fact that she's going to get on your behind.
-
I'm very comfortable with where history will judge me.
-
The problem is that at a lot of big companies, process becomes a substitute for thinking. You're encouraged to behave like a little gear in a complex machine. Frankly, it allows you to keep people who aren't that smart, who aren't that creative.
-
I can't listen to music when I'm writing. I like music best in a car or on the train.
-
There's not enough psychedelic stuff on TV. I want the world to be a bit weirder than it is. I hate reality, so I hate reality TV. But I love Columbo.
-
Even as I was writing 'Empire State,' I knew there were more adventures for the main character, private detective Rad Bradley, to have. I also knew that the world was far larger than what I'd presented in book one.
-
I'm already the most fortunate girl in the world, so I have zero expectations for what the future will bring.
