Rebecca Hall Quotes
I love film acting - I'm not snobby about it. I don't think that theater acting's a more noble profession. I think they're both very important. I love both. And in my dream world, I'd get to do both forever.
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Everything's a risk, by the way, these days. Every film you make is a risk. There's no guarantee.
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I work in the most non-Communist job. I work for 'Martha Stewart Living.'
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Unless one is a religious fundamentalist and believes that man was created in the image and likeness of God, it is foolish to believe that human beings are exempt from biological classification and the laws of evolution that apply to all other life forms.
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To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.
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On June 23, 1864, Ambrose Bierce was in command of a skirmish line of Union soldiers at Kennesaw Mountain in northern Georgia. He'd been a soldier for three years and, in that time, had been commended by his superiors for his efficiency and bravery during battle.
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If you look at the very best presidents, the most effective presidents, they were always decent salespeople. Ronald Reagan was an extremely effective salesman, very tuned to the people he was selling to, very clear in what he was selling, very resilient and buoyant.
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Speed can't always get you wickets.
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Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer.
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I am constantly thinking ahead to what I want to write about in the future, and when I'm done with one project, I give myself a little time and then start the next one.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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One of my favourite exhibitions is called 'Do It,' which I co-curated with the artists Christian Boltanski and Bertrand Lavier 21 years ago.
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I managed to survive the worst things any entertainer could possibly go through.
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My parents were atheists, strong atheists. I never got the answer 'God.'
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I detest that saying 'Everything happens for a reason'; it's nonsense.
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There are downsides to implicitly trusting banks, as the 2008 financial crisis showed.
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My job is being 'Mrs. Ronald Reagan.'
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The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change and we all instinctively avoid it.
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It got so bad that by the time I was graduated, the only reading I did was in order to get the grade and the only writing I did was in order to get the grade.
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Being a single mother was the right thing for me. But I have a tremendous amount of help from my friends. They're in love with my kids, and my kids are in love with them.
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Any kid in the world can draw from strengths within - we all have the potential with that.
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Above all, avoid falsehood, every kind of falsehood, especially falseness to yourself. Watch over your own deceitfulness and look into it every hour, every minute.
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The main thing I want to do is make people feel more connected and more active.
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I am a great fan of the universe, which I take literally: as one. All of it interests me, and it interests me in detail.
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I love film acting - I'm not snobby about it. I don't think that theater acting's a more noble profession. I think they're both very important. I love both. And in my dream world, I'd get to do both forever.
