Astra Taylor Quotes
I think somebody who is more self-reflective should ask why they personally aren't going on that path. If amateurism is so great, why didn't you stay one? You have to look at the larger economy, a backdrop of unemployment; it's shitty out there.
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I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent.
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I'm very candid.
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I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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Certain subjects may no longer be taboo in cinema. But there are ways to treat them that still create shock.
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I'm from a reserve. A reservation. So I know everybody. Everybody knows me.
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It seems to me there is a change in what audiences want to see. I can only hope that's correct, because there's an awful lot of people of my age around now and we outnumber the others.
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I believe that President Obama is here for a reason, but that doesn't mean that he has to stay there next year. The American people have an opportunity to have a say and so I think we just have to do what we think is right - and see what the outcome is. God's got a plan.
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I have to prove everything. Especially when you're coming from an off year after the injuries, and you come back, and you have to prove a lot of things to the fans, to the team, to your teammates, to the sport. You have to prove a lot of things out there on the field.
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Louie and Seabiscuit were both Californians and both on the sports pages in the 1930s. I was fascinated. When I learned about his World War II experiences, I thought, 'If this guy is still alive, I want to meet him.'
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I like to think of myself as a 'Mord the jailer' type.
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As in any war, there have been dreadful mistakes and civilian casualties. The difference is when Israelis kill innocents they apologize; when Hezbollah kills innocents they celebrate.
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I love meeting new people, different cultures. I love that.
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I was never the girl that grew up saying I want to get married. I actually told my parents to not expect me to get married.
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To glorify man in his natural and unmodified self is no less surely, even if less obviously, idolatry than actually to bow down before a graven image.
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I think vampires are a timeless powerful archetype that can tap into people's psyches.
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I'm the type of guy who, right as I'm taking off, I'm deciding, 'Hey, where do I want to go today?'
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I think in 'Escape Fire,' we really look at the military as a microcosm for the rest of America.
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As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.
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Don't try to be like me. Try to be like yourself. Try to be very good at being yourself.
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In the old days they, the promoters, wanted more and more from me. They wanted me to jump or spill my blood and break my bones. Every time they wanted me to jump further, and further, and further. Hell, they thought my bike had wings.
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The burden of the self is lightened with I laugh at myself.
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We should be long past applauding politicians of any hue: they got us into this mess. The best deserve a probationary opportunity to prove themselves, the worst should be in jail.
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I think somebody who is more self-reflective should ask why they personally aren't going on that path. If amateurism is so great, why didn't you stay one? You have to look at the larger economy, a backdrop of unemployment; it's shitty out there.
