Ian Thorpe Quotes
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Writing is challenging work because it's so easy to get consumed with how it's going, what's going to happen to it, who's going to like or not like it. You want to get all of that stuff out of your head and just let the work flow.
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I am an economist, not an astrologer.
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I've met Bob Dylan. We did one of those non-handshake handshakes. I was with all guys, and he shook hands with all of them, and then they said, 'And this is Kate,' and I put my hand out, and he didn't put his out. And then I took my hand away, and he put his out. It was one of those. We finally did shake. And then I fainted!
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I wrote 'Thelma & Louise' in 1988, and we shot it in 1990. Everyone kept saying, 'This is so groundbreaking... this is going to change the landscape,' but I don't see that result at all. When we saw some female studio executives, we were hopeful that more women would be hired as directors, but that didn't really seem to happen.
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Sometimes I post something unwittingly that connects with women. But I never think, 'OK, let's take a shirtless picture for the girls.'
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I'd like to do a comedy, actually. I think it would be great to do a sitcom or something like that. I'm pretty much open to anything.
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I often use hypothetical situations to generate information and imagery for paintings and to create a fictional space where a subject can be put into play.
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Why does 'writer' have no gender, but 'actor' has a gender? What is that?
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The luster of an experience can actually go up with time. So, learning to play a new instrument, learning a new language - those sorts of things will pay dividends for years or decades to come.
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I grew up in South Africa, but like many people at that time, I couldn't bear living in the country. The main motivation for moving to Britain was to get away.
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Doing a lot of drama earlier in my career and now exploring comedy has been a treat for me, and I've had an absolute blast, and I hope to continue.
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I am very highly appreciated in my country, and everybody seems to love me.
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A king’s son has nothing but inferiors, each one a potential assassin.
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Maybe stories are just data with a soul.
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I think there is a sense of last things in my work that probably comes from a Catholic childhood.
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Our work in Britain suggests that radicalization is driven by an ideology which claims that Muslims around the world are being oppressed and - and this is the key bit of the argument - which then legitimizes violence in their supposed defense.
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I had a dream, my dream came true, and my mom was there for me every step of the way. We didn't do this for any other reason. I am so happy she is here to experience this with me. This would not be the same if she were not by my side.
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I never wear very serious suits. I don't have to because I don't go to an office, so it's fine.
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The mark of the superior thinker is his or her ability to accurately predict the consequences of doing or not doing something.
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The writer's job is to tell the truth.
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Success and failure are largely self-defined in terms of personal standards. The higher the self-standards, the more likely will given attainments be viewed as failures, regardless of what others might think.
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Grief is a nation of everyone, a country without borders. I roam the avenues of it out of habit.
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The fairytale has turned into a nightmare.
