Ira Sachs Quotes
I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same.

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I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be either a bandit or a rebel or a man in the crowd.
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'Grey's Anatomy' is a very culturally diverse show.
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It's hard for me to talk about Dom right now because I am Dom right now. So it's a really strange exercise to try to reflect on something that I am at the moment. But I guarantee you that when I'm done with the movie and you ask me that question, I'll be able to give you something insightful.
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The public debate about evolution itself, as opposed to whether to teach it, is something else. It is boring, demeaning, and insufferably dull.
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I would love to do some theater.
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I don't believe that intelligence can be reduced to a number, frankly. But I can see how doing exactly that produces a useful sorting mechanism in our society in order to separate children into categories of promising and doomed. The tests seem arbitrary and without real scientific value and yet have lasting consequences.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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I have seen in my life, I have struggled so much. I did not get support from anyone.
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It was hard for my father to read; it took him a long time, but he had tremendous retention and tremendous appreciation for writing.
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I never thought I'd live this long. It sounds funny because I still think of myself as a kid.
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Papa died when he was 77.
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Women should learn from men to compartmentalize. It's a great skill that some women have naturally but others have to practice. The goal is to keep one area of your life that might not be going well from causing unnecessary disruptions in another area.
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I had Hallowe'en parties every year, as it was my birthday five days before. My parents would actually put prosthetic noses on, and my dad would wear a top-hat and tails, put on a fake curly moustache, and hold a pipe.
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Being a woman and being gay is really a unique position in our society. I know in my experience of activism, oftentimes it makes a difference if something is women-focused. It's likely to get the attention of women much more easily.
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If you know you are giving your best effort, you'll never have any reason for regrets.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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You don't want people thinking you're a cheat just because you're really fast and have broken the world record by a second.
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I believe you can achieve anything if you work hard enough to get it.
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As hitters, I think we take for granted at times how good our hands are and just how much the value of truly getting the barrel to the ball is. We don't have to do as much as we think we have to.
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We are always looking to the future; the present does not satisfy us. Our ideal, whatever it may be, lies further on.
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The prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.
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I say to people who care for people who are dying, if you really love that person and want to help them, be with them when their end comes close. Sit with them - you don't even have to talk. You don't have to do anything but really be there with them.
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Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes.
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I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same.