Christopher Bollen Quotes
My dad liked more macho adventure books like Shogun or spy novels. My mother reads murder mysteries. In fact, so does her mother, my grandma. That's where I trace the familial line of murder mystery obsession.Christopher Bollen
Quotes to Explore
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It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
Laetitia Casta -
I don't talk about how old I am because sometimes it can affect parts that you get in Hollywood. I don't believe that it's a necessary element. I feel that I'm a character, and I'm an actor. People focusing on my age instead of the role I'm playing can be a hindrance.
Garrett Clayton -
A woman can walk miles without making one single step forward. As a child born in a harem, I instinctively knew that to live is to open closed doors. To live is to look outside. To live is to step out. Life is trespassing.
Fatema Mernissi -
See, that's the thing: I'm not one of those actors who thinks, 'God, I've got to improvise and make it my own.' No, my first job as an actor is to take what's written and make it work. And then, if they want me to improvise, I'll do that.
Rachael Harris -
I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to be one of the most appalling things that can exist in society.
Gary Sherman -
The number of people who will not go to a show they do not want to see is unlimited.
Oscar Hammerstein II
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I like books that expose me to people unlike me and books that do battle against caricature or simplification. That, to me, is the heroic in fiction.
Zadie Smith -
I have to go through auditions, and my surname has got me into rooms, but I'll never know if it gets me any jobs. There's a lot of sexism and objectification, and a lot of people put you down.
Oona Chaplin -
We are not communists.
Viktor Orban -
My family is a middle-class family. When I grew up and learned how much it actually cost for us to play hockey, I could not believe that my parents let us play as long as they did.
J. J. Watt -
The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes.
Calvin Coolidge -
I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach 10,000 stars how not to dance.
e. e. cummings
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Chremylus: Wealth, the most excellent of all the gods. (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)
Aristophanes -
The manner of the country makes the usage of life there, and the land will not be lived in except in its own fashion.
Mary Hunter Austin -
As a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, I will be participating in several hearings on the startling revelations contained in the report.
Charles Bass -
I think reading is important for a variety of things. I mean, first of all, it's a way to get information and find out what's going on in the world. But also, it helps your imagination.
Breckin Meyer -
The magic doesn't come from within the director's mind, it comes from within the hearts of the actors.
James Cameron -
I think when you go to Hawaii, you'll notice the ambience, and you'll notice everyone is friendly because we all kind of think for each other.
Auli'i Cravalho
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I've trained myself to find time to exercise relaxation of the body. I have these programs - I just listen to the instructions, and they're simple. Sometimes you just hold your hand tight and keep your breath - you hold it, hold it, feel all the tension, and then relax.
May-Britt Moser -
Fashion's about extravagance, and everyone needs a bit of that.
Carine Roitfeld -
You know how it is to want something. Desire builds like a little house in your head and it sits there, half-constructed in your mind. Women who want children are this way. Artists are this way about pictures. It doesn't go away. You may forget for a few months but then it's back, the unfinished pieces of what you want.
Deb Olin Unferth -
Major North and myself went out in advance of the command several miles and killed a number of buffaloes.
Buffalo Bill -
It's very important to surround yourself with people you can learn from.
Reba McEntire -
My dad liked more macho adventure books like Shogun or spy novels. My mother reads murder mysteries. In fact, so does her mother, my grandma. That's where I trace the familial line of murder mystery obsession.
Christopher Bollen