Alexandra Potter Quotes
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Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project. Let's put it this way: It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.
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I still study dance, and it's definitely something I want to incorporate in the future. It's always been my first love.
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With a 3D printer, you could build your own car, one part at a time. When you were finished, you'd have an automobile that is extremely lightweight because it is made of plastic, which is good because you'd need to carry it because it is made of plastic.
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Matching shoes and bags immediately age you by 10 years.
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'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics.
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For a man of my generation, our century has been a long intellectual and political struggle in favor of freedom.
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I love Bridget Fonda.
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I always wanted to do things on my own terms, and unfortunately in this industry, that's not something that is easily given. You're at the mercy of other people, but then you still have that drive to continue on. That's an equation for a lot of heartbreak.
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I try to stay as naive as possible so I'm not as aware as much of the risks.
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Life is not about dwelling on the bad.
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My uncle was the first brown person to have a market stall on Petticoat Lane in the 1960s. He worked his way up from the street. He was homeless, but eventually he got a car so he could sell from the boot. And by the 1980s, he was a millionaire wholesaling to companies like Topshop. So in a way, fashion put me in England.
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I have a wonderful husband, and we have had a great life.
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The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.
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Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.
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My father never forced me, but chemistry was my best subject.
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One of the major goals of health insurance reform is to bring down the cost.
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I have a brain and a uterus and I use both.
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I discovered I was a monotheist... That rules out polytheism. I have also had a problem with authority, which rules out any religion with a priesthood or leader who claims to be God's representative on Earth.
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Tourists as well as natives want to see cultural achievements - whether it's the Banaue Terraces, the old churches or museums.
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Some smashes have been timed at more than 250 mph, so you get less than a second to react. People who see a professional badminton match up close are always shocked at the speed.
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I love 'The X-Men;' that was the first comic series that I was dedicated to, because I feel like you can pick your player. 'I'm the most like Gambit... or I'm totally a Storm.'
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Governments follow their people. A great deal has to do with the vision of the leadership of governments. They have a vision, and they translate that to their people and to their counterparts in other countries. You can fulfill and achieve a great deal if you get along well as individuals, as people, as persons.
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It's so much easier to like people, and to let people in, to trust them until they prove that you should do otherwise. The alternative is being an iceberg.
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It's not getting what you want that's the hard part, it's deciding what you want.
