Zoe Lister-Jones Quotes
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I do movies that I would like to go and see. I think that's a good barometer of how I choose films. I like going to these movies. Our job is to make sure the audience gets their $16 worth. That's my job.
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I think the older I get the more creative I get, I don't have the distractions that I had when I was younger.
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I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.
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I think the National League has better biorhythms in July.
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I call myself a feminist, not a feminist filmmaker. If somebody asked me if I had a feminist sensibility it would be pretty hard to deny, but is it the theme of my work? Not necessarily. I'm interested in a lot of things.
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But I like going to church. If you've been brought up in the Church of England, it feels like visiting an elderly relative. And I think it's important that part of the kids' education is knowing about the Bible.
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I think lots of actors are very nervous and shy. I know lots of them who are, and some who aren't of course.
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I think the fossil fuel industry is genuinely freaked out by the combination of the price collapse, the divestment movement, and that fact that renewable energy is getting so cheap so fast.
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I'm a pretty chill and easygoing person; most people in Australia are, as well. I don't think I ever really saw a lot of fights growing up. I think it's hard to get people in Australia angry and want to fight, minus one or two people in the media... but we won't say any names.
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A lot of times people feel a little apprehensive about suggesting to actually meet in person. One of the reasons that can be hard is people think they have to propose something super novel.
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Tenured professors are more prone than the rest of us to think that the university is the universe.
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I think the gay community, just like anybody, should be represented in all forms and all types.
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Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
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I think that tennis has been in a place for many years without any change. Davis Cup and Fed Cup has always been a very exciting platform for players because it is such an individual sport, and we get to play a team competition. We love being part of a team.
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I still think reading something like 'Ulysses' takes a tremendous investment of time, but it repays all of it with so much interest.
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I think that most people don't even know that I do other things. They think that Homer is all that I do.
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I think the CG is an instrument to create reality. I don't think it's an instrument to create a heightened reality.
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I've had meetings with Fidel Castro. I've had meetings with Kim Il-Sung. I've had meetings with other dictators. I've met with the Butcher of Beijing. You know, I think it's important to hear, you know, each other's perspective.
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I have a phone obsession. It's really hard on set sometimes because I'll be checking Instagram, and then I have to remember, 'Oh, crap, I have to shoot a scene or rehearse.' Every now and then, I have to turn it off and live my life.
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I've lived all over Europe, spent a lot of time in London, went to school in Scotland, college in America, so I do think I have sort of a sensibility on a fairly global level.
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We want spiritual principles to be more than beautiful abstractions; we want them to actually transform our lives.
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Playing to bigger audiences at festivals got me in the mindset of writing music that I would sing to a crowd.
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At the end of our NASA careers, no one had a place for us in the military.
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I think 'Girls' is pretty brilliant.
