Anna Biller Quotes
I base everything on my own life experiences as a female. I start from there, and then I look for characters and settings that I think are cinematic, where I can use symbols and imagery to tell a story.
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I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.
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Who knows what would have become of me, if my parents had not had their influence on me.
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I think the most important element of a power outfit is proper fit. The one item to focus on is a suit. If it's the right fit, you could wear it with a T-shirt and still convey the positive message.
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I don't have many friends in Philadelphia. I sort of have one. I have the dog and someone else.
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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I need to be doing different things all the time; it's just part of who I am.
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I like to look at 'A Place in the Sun' every now and get inspired by it.
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I enjoy speaking to other women about turning 50, and how we can enjoy it, and how we can explore it.
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We're actually thinking about distributing 'Moon Over Broadway' on-line. It's tempting, because when you go to a major studio, it's sort of like a farm, you know? They make all the money, since it's kind of a buyer's market.
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Our intent of how we're going to play doesn't change.
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However we can spread love and progression, we've got to do it.
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I don't think things have changed for me. Yes, I got a big contract, but my focus is still the same.
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For many decades, Myanmar was on the receiving end of very public diplomatic scoldings, often backed up by sanctions.
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Every time I sit for a song, I feel I am finished. It's like a beggar sitting waiting for God to fill your bowl with the right thought. In every song, I ask help from Him. Everybody around is so good, so to create music that will connect with so many people is not humanly possible without inspiration.
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We met because Chad was in one of my classes, and I was looking for someone to write music with. I knew that he wrote his own music, and he seemed nice, so I found out he was going to be in a practice room, practicing his trumpet. He'd already said he was too busy to hang out or hear any new people or work on any music, so I stalked him.
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Love, whether newly born, or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance, this it overflows upon the outward world.
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I'd like to be curvier.
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Originally, we had a band known as Steely Dan. As we moved away from the band, we got whoever was appropriate for specific tunes. In a lot of cases, we gravitated toward jazz players who had more sophisticated harmonic concepts.
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I'll admit it: I'm a control freak. I am. If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it 110% or there's no point in doing it at all, especially if the work takes me away from time with my husband and children.
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As I told the students every time I visited a campus, you are the director of your own movie, and if you aren't enjoying what you are doing, change it.
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This is what's hard: I know I'm legally a man, but I'm also male-minded, despite having the female appearance.
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I base everything on my own life experiences as a female. I start from there, and then I look for characters and settings that I think are cinematic, where I can use symbols and imagery to tell a story.
