Ira Sachs Quotes
I like a film that makes the audience feel like they are in the middle of life as it is moving, and in a way, they are catching up. They are thrown into things.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
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One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
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It didn't scare me to be vulnerable because I think that's when you get something great.
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I always tell audiences when I talk about writing: Writing isn't something I do; writing is something that I am. I am writing - it's just an expression of me.
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When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military engines from the hair of the women, they dedicated a temple to the Bald Venus.
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But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try.
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In the hands of a passive-aggressive person who wants to abdicate responsibility for things, texting is a great tool. You can really go nuts.
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Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.
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'Mahershala' is my nickname.
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Fairy tales opened up a door into my imagination - they don't conform to the reality that's around you as a child. I started reading when I was three and read everything, but I wanted to be an actress.
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If people don't have a job, they're not too interested in how you intend for them to have a job. They want to see results.
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I love a microphone and a big crowd; I'm an entertainer, I guess.
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My mother taught me to drive using the 'Detroit Method,' where speed limits and traffic lights are taken as cute suggestions.
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To play opera, to play Wagner, it's a great joy.
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I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention.
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In half an hour, I'll know more than you do.
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It's really important, especially for young girls, to see that if you fall down, you get back up. If you get sick, you get back up. People are going to say what they want.
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During the period of capital moving from one employment to another, the profits on that to which capital is flowing will be relatively high, but will continue so no longer than till the requisite capital is obtained.
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I like a film that makes the audience feel like they are in the middle of life as it is moving, and in a way, they are catching up. They are thrown into things.
