Shane Carruth Quotes
I had a really generic upbringing, I think, when it comes to viewing movies as a kid. I didn't really know what was out there or what was being tried. I was, like, 'E.T.' and 'Indiana Jones.' Those were the only things I knew existed.
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My biggest project right now is trying to be a really great mom and learning how to balance family and career. I'm just trying to spend as much time with my family as I can.
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For the most part, I don't have a Facebook page; I don't Twitter.
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Ryan Gosling's, like, my crush, but I don't really pay attention to his personal style.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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I'm excellent at losing weight, but I've never been excellent at maintenance. I have some better days than others in terms of being hypervigilant, but with maintenance you don't know if you've been good at it until you're done.
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Nothing is more enjoyable for me than when I'm watching a movie or a TV show and there's that sense that anything can happen. It is the most fun feeling in the world.
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My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter.
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If you never give up, you'll be successful.
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I've actually had a copilot come out of the cockpit on a trip from L.A. to New York and ask me about Charles Manson.
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This is America, not a banana republic.
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I grew up listening to a lot of different types of music, and R&B in particular was something that I loved - Aaliyah, Usher, Alicia Keys, TLC.
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I think that dwelling on other people's perception of you is the road to complete madness, unfortunately. I try and resist that.
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A manufacturing resurgence is what will give local communities and small towns across America a fighting chance for survival. Many of today's American entrepreneurs come from those very places but make their wealth elsewhere. We need to change that.
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In a kind of a way there's a bit of that happening now so we have to be careful to preserve our culture.
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It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem.
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Hmmm... I never get the answer I think I'm going to get.
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You have to create your own stuff. It's really exciting to create something, sell it, and feel like I'm not just a pawn waiting to be cast.
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A friend of mine, a friend of yours. My better half, Richard Stephen Sambora
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California is an Italy without its art.
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Women's liberationists spread the word that the only peaceful family is one in which either the wife is enslaved or the husband is androgynous.
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I had a really generic upbringing, I think, when it comes to viewing movies as a kid. I didn't really know what was out there or what was being tried. I was, like, 'E.T.' and 'Indiana Jones.' Those were the only things I knew existed.
