Nancy Ruth Quotes
One of my experiences around feminist risk and change is that it's difficult, if not impossible, to put new wine into old wineskins.
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I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!
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In a family of all girls, I was always the 'boy' in my mind - the protector, the masculine one. No one would ever have to worry about me.
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The orthogonal features, when combined, can explode into complexity.
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I feel there is a big sense of accomplishment and achievement and self worth through what you do no matter what the job, no matter what you decide to dedicate your life to.
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The only thing documentary filmmakers have to work with, at least the way I make films, is trust. That's been true of everyone from James Carville and George Stephanopoulos to the kids in 'American High' to the soldiers in 'Military Diaries' to Anna Wintour to Dick Cheney.
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Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.
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I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.
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I feel very comfortable with my trajectory because I do have a life; I can go on the subway, you know? And I've been able to do that my entire career, and I have friends who are huge movie stars and can't go on the subway, and I feel like that sucks.
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We need to start looking at having a way of managing the whole ecosystem, because you can't pick away at it piece by piece, you have to truly start being coordinated and managing our resources as a system. We haven't gotten to that point yet.
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The No. 1 cause of forest fires is trees.
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The best founders are extremely thoughtful and have an eye for quality. I don't know if there's any generic advice here that would be helpful. Startup knowledge is a moving target.
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The public saw my father right out of central casting. He looked the part, acted the part... he was the part! The real life Godfather.
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The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the agency broad new powers in 2008, according to an internal audit and other top-secret documents.
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Denying our courts the ability to hear oil-related cases of great consequence to our environment and our economy is completely the wrong direction to protect the rights of Floridians.
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It's believing you can push through the exhaustion just to be able to sing after you do a cartwheel or a split.
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I've been very lucky and been able to work, as an actress, but I'm definitely a working actress. I get a script, I audition, and then I pray.
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In Mumbai, you have to act in real life, too.
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I used to dress like an eight-year-old boy. Traveling has inspired me to be more experimental.
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Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.
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When all is said and done, more is said than done.
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There is no reason to change this system. I don't think we'll abandon it. For us the most important thing is to be compact in the back. That's the kind of game we have to play here and it will be very difficult to beat us.
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Everything in life has some risk, and what you have to actually learn to do is how to navigate it.
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In my own case, the most inflammatory statements I have ever made are ones that I have written and remain willing to defend.
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One of my experiences around feminist risk and change is that it's difficult, if not impossible, to put new wine into old wineskins.
