Agnes Denes Quotes
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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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For a production that suggests a mysterious dreamscape, I have a particular affection for the Vivian Beaumont Theater. It is the largest dramatic space available in New York City in terms of plays, although musicals have been done there very successfully as well.
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I play knowing that there is somebody watching me out there in the crowd that has never had the opportunity to watch a game before and it might be the only chance they ever to see one, live in person. Michael Jordan once said that in an interview, and I really took it to heart; whenever I step on the floor, I play for that person.
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I think I need to be taken away, dropped in some territory with just a lot of loud guys.
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Every album, I make big records. I'm going to always make an anthem. That's what I do.
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Some coaches pray for wisdom. I pray for 260-pound tackles. They'll give me plenty of wisdom.
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As I get more confident as a filmmaker, I don't need to prepare so much in advance. I can trust that I and my team can come up with a solution.
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Sometimes, when I have a lot of ideas and I want to do a lot of things, or when I'm traveling, I lose energy and I can't do as many things as I want. So I have to plan days when I'm not doing anything. I find that a bit boring, but it's necessary.
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'Transparent' was huge for me when I first saw it. I felt that, from an authorial point of view, no one was trying to sell characters to us, you know? It's the idea of not having to adore these characters and want to cuddle them; you just have to be into them and their psychology and be compelled by them.
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It takes people being alone in front of the computer at three in the morning to write opinions about movies, apparently.
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The only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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Sure, we all like listening to music on vinyl, but that doesn't mean streaming music on Spotify is bad.
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I want a pig. I want a pig on a leash. A baby pig on a leash.
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One thing changes every evening: It's the audience, and I'm working my magic. I'm always learning from it.
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I would absolutely, definitely never sell my wedding pictures to a magazine. I'd like it to be a special day, not a photo shoot. And once you've done that, your marriage becomes everybody else's business.
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If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.
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The secret to adulthood is that 99% of the time, you actually know the right thing to do. Adults make it hard when they are deciding whether to do the right thing.
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'Moldova: Yes or No?' That's a great app, and we actually used the geo-locator on your phone, so if you are in Moldova, it will say 'Yes, you're in Moldova.' I'm so excited. People need that. That's the whole point. The whole reason you buy a $500 phone is to see if you are... in Moldova. Or not.
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Once you've found something you know how to do, it makes you feel you don't have to be intimidated by someone.
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I have three tools at my disposal - my whistle, my body language and my talk. It is a question of how I marry them up to try to get the players around to my way of thinking.
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At the end of one millennium and nine centuries of Christianity, it remains an unshakable assumption of the law in all Christian countries and of the moral judgement of Christians everywhere that if a man and a woman, entering a room together, close the door behind them, the man will come out sadder and the woman wiser.
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Thinking has an understructure and underpinnings.
