Wendy Ewald Quotes
Sometimes I think I disguise myself as a teacher in order to make the pictures I need to see.
Quotes to Explore
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I tend to deal with characters who are sort of at that same point of wrestling with, 'Who am I going to be as an adult? What do I believe? How am I defining myself in the context of my culture and my peer groups, my family?'
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People have their own opinions but sometimes with the media things get chopped up and cut around to make stories out of it.
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The demand that school finances be transferred away from local school districts to the state and/or federal government has been a long-time favorite of the educationist lobbies.
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I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other. And living on the border between Mexico and the U.S. for so many years gave me a lot of insight into that.
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I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.
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You always gotta be on time, an hour ahead of everything. You always gotta be prepared.
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Life is precious and there's not a lot of room for anger.
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I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
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I believe in astrology as much as I do in genetics.
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I've wanted to be an actor since I was 6 years old. I was literally picked off the streets of Paris... while I was modeling there. I was asked to audition for Oliver Stone's 'Alexander.' I didn't get the part, but that led to commercials and roles in South Africa.
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We are sufficiently at the mercy of machines, Roger; if our music must necessarily be mechanical, then it is time for us to throw in the sponge, and abandon all hope for the future of humanity.
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The value of the goal lies in the goal itself; and therefore the goal cannot be attained unless it is pursued for its own sake.
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I think I'm very strong at dialogue, I think I'm very strong in characterization. I think sometimes I use dialogue and character work to cover weaknesses in my plotting.
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We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.
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Just because you can wear a micro-miniskirt it doesn't mean you should. You don't need to show your midriff, either, if you're over 40.
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No way, no how did I break into NORAD. That's a complete myth. And I never attempted to access anything considered to be classified government systems.
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I don't talk about consciousness. I talk about interiority.
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I like a character that is still alive and is necessarily thinking, and either grows or diminishes or whatever.
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Intellectuals may like to think of themselves as people who "speak truth to power" but too often they are people who speak lies to gain power.
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Well, I would hardly say I do write as yet. But I write because I like words. I suppose if I liked stone I might carve. I like words. I like reading. I notice particular words. That sets me off.
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Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.
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When I signed the license, I thought the media wasn't going to pick up on it if I used my real name, Nicholai Hilton.
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Sometimes I think I disguise myself as a teacher in order to make the pictures I need to see.
