Anna Funder Quotes
I had very good eyes once. Though it's another thing to say what I saw. In my experience, it is entirely possible to watch something happen and not to see it at all.
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I always watch the work I do.
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It's fascinating to see actors who do voiceovers every day.
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You should see all the negative things that the Romanian press writes about me.
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If a remake is not good, no one wants to see it and, again, it doesn't hurt the original.
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When improv is bad, it's excruciating to watch, and to be involved with it is a unique type of torture.
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Historical methodology, as I see it, is a product of common sense applied to circumstances.
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If I like something, I will pick it up from anywhere and wear it. I don't believe that only branded stuff looks good on you. If it doesn't look good in my eyes, I'll never wear it.
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People say, 'How does having kids change your writing? Do you see the world through their eyes?' No - you just become a faster songwriter... In the old days, you'd be like, 'Oh I'm gonna work on this song for a few days.'
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I have to earn re-election. That's the way I see it.
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So you've decided to travel around the world. This is an excellent thing to do. It's a precious place, this planet. We should see it.
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Watch how you communicate with a woman. Because you're always communicating, even when you're not talking - with your body language, your facial expressions, your eyes.
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I feel like we have to keep our eyes on the road. Being nostalgic is like taking an offramp and getting a sandwich - and then you get back on the highway. I don't want to be spending the rest of my life at the gas station.
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I'd like to see one person - just one - who would own up to having been a coward.
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There are two smells that I can recognize right away. The smell of the boxing ring and the smell of a garage. That's where I grew up. I can recognize these places with my eyes closed.
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I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.
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When I'm creating a character, I don't see it so much as playing someone else as just playing a specific part of myself under certain circumstances.
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Americans do not have a good track record when it comes to preparing for disasters, unless they see a clear possibility of personally being in harms way.
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I always see myself as much more of a musician than a celebrity.
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Even though I believe in mass social movements, I'm uncomfortable in crowds.
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I'm drawn to the taboos that surround the human body. I find it fascinating that we are repelled by many of the acts and processes that keep us alive.
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I think either party would have seen the wisdom in bailing out the American automobile industry, because one job in ten in the United States is either directly or indirectly connected to the automobile industry. You just could not let these companies go down.
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I have spent much of my adult life flinching with pain as I tried to pull out the threads that bound the shadows of my past to me.
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You have the power to tear me to pieces, to wound me so deep and true that I‘ll never recover.
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I had very good eyes once. Though it's another thing to say what I saw. In my experience, it is entirely possible to watch something happen and not to see it at all.
