Nan Goldin Quotes
I don't think of Maria Schneider like idol anymore, because I worshipped her when I was young.
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I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
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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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All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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The reason I like Portland is the idea of going to a supermarket and knowing there's no way to be recognized. L.A. is so social.
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Islam was hijacked on that September 11, 2001, on that plane, as an innocent victim.
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I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.
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Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.
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I grew up in Albany Park in Chicago and then went to Lake View High School.
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I like to be against the odds.
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I am still shocking people today, and I don't know why. Is it because I'm a woman talking about sex and men? One magazine said that no one writes sex in the back of a Bentley better than Jackie Collins.
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I always write with music. It takes me a while to figure out the right piece of music for what I'm working on. Once I figure it out, that's the only thing I'll play.
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Certainly, in Italy, nobody takes light for granted.
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As an actor, you look for roles that can constantly challenge you and you can learn from.
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I never had any film training. I went to Northwestern. I studied education and theater. So it was all theater training.
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I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
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The Israeli public is frustrated with the way it is portrayed abroad.
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I rarely meet a politician that I don't like personally. They are generally well endowed with charm. Therein lies the danger.
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A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.
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Kant stated defensively that he had 'found it necessary to deny knowledge. . . to make room for faith,' but he had not made room for faith; he had made room for thought, and he had not 'denied knowledge' but separated knowledge from thinking.
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I think our grandparents were Victor Frankenstein. I basically am the kind of deeply unnatural creature that Mrs Shelley instinctively dreaded. I not only eat her sacred cows but I eat them with ketchup. While I take her point, I think that transgressive monstrosity and tampering with the life force are both a lot more fun than she suspected.
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I don't think of Maria Schneider like idol anymore, because I worshipped her when I was young.
