Charlie Jane Anders Quotes
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It is my first preference to do films with social significance. Art cinema has given me credibility and status as an actor, but commercial cinema has given me a comfortable living.
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Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.
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I enjoy personal injury cases. I've tried quite a few of those. And, frankly, any kind of litigation that is trouble-shooting, whether it's equities, suits and injunctions, or whatever.
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I never go on a run when I don't think of my dad, where I don't think about how powerful his legs were and what happened because, unfortunately, he didn't take care of himself.
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We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be.
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I'm more interested in the quality of the work than its medium.
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The secret to a long-lasting relationship is perpetually imagining the worst. It's a world view tracing back to my Eastern European ancestry and one I draw upon regularly.
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The government is so out of control. It is so bloated and infested with fraud and deceit and corruption and abuse of power.
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Knowledge is the life of the mind.
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My first experience on a feature film was with Shane Meadows on 'This Is England.'
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It's as simple as you can explain all of 'Dallas.' We're a dysfunctional family forced to stay together.
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What I've discovered is that in art, as in music, there's a lot of truth-and then there's a lie. The artist is essentially creating his work to make this lie a truth, but he slides it in amongst all the others. The tiny little lie is the moment I live for, my moment. It's the moment that the audience falls in love.
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Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once, and they require separate techniques.
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The essential basis of life itself, namely, protoplasm, is a substance composed largely of water and having the physical constitution of a viscid liquid.
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I think if I had my life to live over again, I'd do things a little different. I was aggressive, perhaps too aggressive. Maybe I went too far. I always had to be right in any argument I was in, I always had to be first in everything. I do indeed think I would have done some things different. And if I had I believe I would have had more friends.
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I love westerns, I'd love to make more of them.
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As long as I can play at a certain level, that's what I'll do.
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Broadcast radio was entering its own golden age during the Depression, with live programming on stations all through the day. Local stations needed singers, musicians, announcers, and whipcord personalities, along with Christian clergy to give prayers and pundits to speak on world affairs.
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I mean, Iceland is Iceland. It can't do damage to anybody unless you're Icelandic. But the United States can drag down the entire western economy. And I think what we are seeing is simply a reflection of reality. This is not, I'm sorry, but this is not a AAA nation.
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To the Pilgrim Mothers, who not only had their full share of the hardships and privations of pioneer life but also had the Pilgrim Fathers to endure.
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Actions are the first tragedy in life, words are the second. Words are perhaps the worst. Words are merciless. . .
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I can take all the negative energy and turn it into a positive simply by purging my soul through music. That's how powerful music can be.
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Nothing gives me more pleasure than acting. But I don't enjoy going for award functions or giving interviews.
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If she ended, his life would go on, but his story would be over.
