Barbara Demick Quotes
For a North Korean watcher, seeing 'The Interview' is like seeing an earnest endeavor reflected back through a freak-show mirror.
Quotes to Explore
-
I was in a Nativity play as a kid. Back then, I played the donkey.
-
I don't really take a step back too often to see what's going on.
-
I've overcome physical and mental brutality - and fought back.
-
I promise to do everything I can to earn back the trust of everyone I've disappointed.
-
Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?
-
I think we can leave mullets back in the '80s. I'm really not a big fan of them.
-
I never dread going back to Congress.
-
When I look in the mirror, I don't see a person who's made the kind of impact that Mia Hamm made on the game. She's still my idol, the greatest player and the greatest teammate. She achieved so much in so many different ways. What she did for women's soccer can't be measured.
-
My body will never go back to what it was, and I wouldn't expect it to after three babies.
-
Well, you can't argue with somebody that won't argue back.
-
He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well.
-
One thing is certain: We can't go back. The musical will never be the same as it was.
-
I love seeing when actors go from one genre to the next because I feel like most of them can pull it off.
-
Another time I cracked two of the vertebrae in my back and broke a rib.
-
'Once Upon a Time', 'Mirror Mirror' - those shows and films focus on women and their conflict with one another. What the heck is going on in contemporary fairy tales? Women are not dominating the world; they are not evil.
-
The Rock will always come back to us.
-
I have to say, working with Dan Stevens in 'The Guest' and seeing his transformation was incredible. Also Kate Winslet. Off set, she's loud and sweary, but when she walks on set, she has this calmness and is so centred.
-
I will not look back and say, 'I should have played in England.'
-
If I hadn't fought back, I might have been Gidget forever.
-
Vladimir Nabokov liked to examine cruelty and the human condition. That didn't mean he was cruel; there's no evidence he kicked puppies just for the fun of it. Similarly, 'Black Mirror' likes to examine possible dystopias, but that doesn't mean the show is cynical enough to endorse them.
-
Humans create their cognitive powers by creating the environments in which they exercise those powers.
-
Shattered dreams, worthless years, here I am encased in a hollow shell. Life began, then was done, now I stare into a cold and empty well.
-
For a North Korean watcher, seeing 'The Interview' is like seeing an earnest endeavor reflected back through a freak-show mirror.
