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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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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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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Farmers in Missouri and across the country must comply with a variety of federal, state, and local regulations as they grow the crops and raise the livestock that we depend on to feed the nation and the world.
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Sound is a huge influence on peoples' attention.
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I actually find a lot of parallels in jazz and cartooning.
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I used to play a lot of racket sports, tennis and squash.
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All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first.
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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.
