Deborah Turbeville Quotes
A lot of times there were big mistakes, but I would show the art director and he'd say, Yeah, let's go with it. There would be a strange cropping or one girl in focus and three out or a blur. But I would end up liking the mistakes and incorporating them into my work. And I became known for it.
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I was unbelievably lucky.
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My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture.
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You could put all of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's angry sermons on to one loop. You could put that loop up on the big screen at Radio City Music Hall and let it play there 24 hours a day, seven days a week and Barack Obama will still emerge as the next president of the United States.
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There has to be a global mission of human progress.
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It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies.
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A tendency to focus on art over business has meant that too many designers have failed to make the most of their critical acclaim.
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Dance connects us to the musicality of life and to one another. No one should be denied such basic pleasures.
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Virtual reality is inevitably going to become mainstream - it's only a question of how good it needs to be before the mainstream is willing to use it.
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I love accents. It's a great way to separate yourself when playing a role.
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Little Sparta is a garden in the traditional sense. It is perhaps not like other modern gardens, but I think that other times would have had no difficulty with it.
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I don't have any ill will or ill thought towards anybody.
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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I love various sports, including basketball, tennis and billiards.
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Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine.
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But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people, and do our best to help them find their own grace. That's what I strive to do, that's what I pray to do every day.
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Having life experiences outside of acting is something my family has always made sure happens.
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To the question, ‘Is the cinema an art?’ my answer is, ‘what does it matter?’... You can make films or you can cultivate a garden. Both have as much claim to being called an art as a poem by Verlaine or a painting by Delacroix… Art is ‘making.’ The art of poetry is the art of making poetry. The art of love is the art of making love... My father never talked to me about art. He could not bear the word.
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I cannot tell you how long it takes for your exercise to work. If you haven't seen any results in a year or six months you're doing something wrong.
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In all the splendor of solitude... it is a test of myself, and one thing I loathe is to have to test myself in front of other people.
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I've worked a lot during the night. But I don't sleep in the day either.
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I never experiment with anything in my books. Experimentation means you don't know what you're doing.
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A lot of times there were big mistakes, but I would show the art director and he'd say, Yeah, let's go with it. There would be a strange cropping or one girl in focus and three out or a blur. But I would end up liking the mistakes and incorporating them into my work. And I became known for it.
