Alexander Gardner Quotes
My work is designed to speak for itself. as mementos of the fearful struggle through which the country has just passed, it is confidently hoped that it will possess an enduring interest.
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I need to feel as if everything is clean and in its proper place before I can even attempt to write one word. At least, that's what I tell myself. I make the bed, I put away the dishes, maybe I dust, maybe I do the laundry, maybe I go to the post office.
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I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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I don't want to be an actor or nothing but if I have to, I'll act if it's the right thing.
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By nature, I'm an optimistic person. No one believes it, but I am.
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'Blood Meridian' was without question the novel that made me want to become a writer.
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My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
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I think everyone knows the news has become ridiculous. It's entertainment driven.
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My music is bejewelled, it's colourful, it's romantic, it shines.
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Romy and I, we're learning how to share the xx with people who aren't in the xx.
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For people to even think that I'd be considered or a good candidate for a supporting actress nomination is mind blowing to me.
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It's a strange thing we do as actors. I'm walking out the door, and I'll say, 'O.K., honey, I'm off to take my clothes off.'
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TV ushered in the age of postliteracy. And we have gone so far beyond that. I mean, what with the Internet and Google and Wikipedia. We have entered the age of post-intelligence.
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Directing is: you're overwhelmed the whole time. Your mind never stops. If you care about it. You wake up in the morning and you begin thinking about it and then you go to sleep at night and you're still thinking about it.
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Review your work. You will find, if you are honest, that 90% of the trouble is traceable to loafing.
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Expertise and judgment in the art of lending for novel ventures must be reacquired.
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I was always a closet lover of acting. My mom was very practical. She never, ever restricted our dreams, always told us we could do or be anything. Then I said, 'Maybe I want to be an actor'. And she said, 'Maybe not that'.
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As Ralph's character begins to discover the political thriller aspect of the film, he falls deeper in love with his wife, so the two run together. That's the beauty of this film. It has fast pace and excitement, but it also has heart and soul.
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I would argue that Asean has been instrumental in driving both economic growth and political development, and that there can be no clearer example than its relations with Myanmar.
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What I try to keep an eye on is I don't work for the party bosses in Washington. I work for 26 million Texans.
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We have required under law for years that men and women get paid equal money for equal work. But we've faced challenges enforcing that law. There is still a large wage gap, and there are numerous instances of women holding jobs where they are not compensated fairly.
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I hate politics and what are considered their appropriate measures. I hate notoriety, public meetings, public speeches, caucuses and everything that I know of which is apparently the necessary incident of politics - except doing public work to the best of my ability.
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There are people I would like to work with. Its a bit harder, because I live out in the sticks anyway, and plus being in a wheelchair means that I cant really circulate. So I tend to stick to my own thing.
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My work is designed to speak for itself. as mementos of the fearful struggle through which the country has just passed, it is confidently hoped that it will possess an enduring interest.
