Carla Bley Quotes
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Maybe I should pretend like I'm not insecure, but I really am. This movie is going to come out and... will people like it? Will they like Rey?
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I was convinced in middle school that I invented tight-rolling your pants, because I would get hand-me-downs from my brothers, and of course they were bell-bottoms from the '70s. So I would fold and fold over the bells. I like to think I started the trend. But I didn't.
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If you look closely at 'Breaking Bad' and any given episode of 'The X Files,' you will realise the structure is exactly the same.
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I like risky stuff.
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Reporters tend to find in others what they are suited to find, so there is a whole school of reporting where they are cynical about the world, and everything reinforces that. Whereas I tend to be optimistic and be amused by people and like them, even rather bad people.
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I don't like celebrities; I don't hang out with them; I don't relate to that life.
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I like a sort of androgynous look, but I also love feminine shapes.
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What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode?
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Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct.
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I used to sit in front of McDonald's and ask people for dollars to get me a cheeseburger. It was bad.
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I tried being anorexic for four hours, and then I was like, I need some bagels.
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The whole experience on 'Grown Ups 2' was like going to adult summer camp.
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Remember, if you want to love your life and live it to the fullest, don't let the sun go down on your anger. If you don't have a solution to the issue, agree to disagree and focus on the importance of the relationship.
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I've been pretty lucky with neighbors. But back in 1998, I lived, like, literally next door to Wrigley Field in Chicago. And I had, like, 50,000 bad neighbors spread out over the course of one summer. I'm a diehard Cubs fan, but living right next to the ballpark, it's just - as you're trying to go to sleep, you can just, like, hear urination.
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I never write about the road. I never write about hotels or anything like that.
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John Kerry, who says he doesn't like outsourcing, wants to outsource our national security.
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Once you've been really bad in a movie, there's a certain kind of fearlessness you develop.
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I like to be left alone when I'm not working.
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I have such trust complexes. I'm close to, like, two people.
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I have to really enjoy the good things because it makes the bad things OK.
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No matter who the man is, nobody can treat you like this and use you and just throw you out the door like some piece of meat.
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I want people, no matter who they are to be inspired by 'Black Panther.'
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Our bodies demand our attention; our bodies demand that we actually pay attention to what is going on with our lives.
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Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker seemed so sophisticated and bad. I wanted to be like that.
