Anna Lappe Quotes
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In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is.
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I love to walk into Borders or Barnes & Noble and see my books there. It's fabulous.
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Growing up in Ireland, there never seemed to be the notion that children should be seen and not heard. We all looked forward to mealtimes when we'd sit around the table and talk about our days. Storytelling and long, rambling conversations were considered good things.
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I always need a couple of highlights to really spark the passion for a project.
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I feel like a lot of directing is casting.
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It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner.
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If I had a gun to my head and I had to choose between theater and film I'd choose theater.
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Everyone should have a moment with Ron Howard in their life to give you faith in our industry.
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I educated myself. To me, school was boring.
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You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.
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The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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My dad used to give me a lot of spankings. Anything I did wrong, he was on me. I was raised by a strict disciplinarian. He kind of laid down the law.
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When I was a young boy, I preferred cats to dogs. From the age of seven or eight onwards I just felt more comfortable with cats. And I felt more comfortable with girls, I didn't really like hanging out with guys. When I was about ten or eleven, I was friendlier with the girls in my school than with the guys.
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If you see with innocent eyes, everything is divine.
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First, I'd become an avid reader of blogs, especially music blogs, and they seemed to be where the critical-thinking action was at, to have the kind of energy that I associate with rock writing of the 1970s or Internet e-mail discussion lists a decade ago.
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I choose to express myself.
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I think it's better to have your personal life and your work life separate. That way they don't corrupt each other, so to speak.
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I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years, and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming.
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I think I've always been somebody to break rules.
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Acting can be pretty challenging. I can't say making a romantic comedy is challenging, but to do anything well, you have to put yourself into it.
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When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.
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Courage is saying maybe what I'm doing isn't working, maybe I should try something else.
