Parker Posey Quotes
I feel like there's such a responsibility, when you make a film, to enlighten people, to make them think, to make them laugh, or even just to be entertaining.
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It was a great opportunity that I had to take - my very own theater. That comes along once in a lifetime. It doesn't even seem like 15 years ago - time sure flies by. I've really had a lot of fun with it.
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All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him.
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I'm crazy about the Coen brothers, I'm crazy about Sean Penn. I love the usual suspects like Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep and people like that.
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No sensible author wants anything but praise.
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I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.
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Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.
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Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
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I call Alibaba '1,001 mistakes.' We expanded too fast, and then in the dot-com bubble, we had to have layoffs. By 2002, we had only enough cash to survive for 18 months. We had a lot of free members using our site, and we didn't know how we'd make money. So we developed a product for China exporters to meet U.S. buyers online. This model saved us.
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I would say Hope Solo is competitive.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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I can remember when I first went into the Himalayan area way back in 1951. Money, for instance, was not important at all to the local people. But now, finance has become just as important to them as it is to us, and this is a change maybe not for the better.
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I've always had this sneaking suspicion that I get a kick out of the insecurity.
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Thank God I had all these family values or who knows where I'd be now.
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I was young and felt like it was opportunity 'cause they were moving units back then on the underground scene.
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God is the King. In him exists all legal authority.
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I have a son, Mason, who is disabled - cerebral palsy - and he does not walk independently, sit independently or speak. He uses a talking computer. I started becoming an advocate for him when he was 3 years old.
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My mother always carries around these postcard pictures of me.
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The Lebanese people voted this time for change. So they are not satisfied with the actual situation. They want to see a new government. They want to see a new vision.
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At first I thought I would have to put on an English accent and try a sort of affected Shakespeare thing.
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If the first thing you do each morning is to eat a live frog, you can go through the day with the satisfaction of knowing that that is probably the worst thing that is going to happen to you all day long!
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I feel like there's such a responsibility, when you make a film, to enlighten people, to make them think, to make them laugh, or even just to be entertaining.
