Parker Posey Quotes
I love playing a woman suffering, thinking about the choices that she's made and obviously wanting more. It's classic.
Quotes to Explore
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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I never want to hold myself up as the poster child of the successful mother-businesswoman. It's a total 'Gong Show.' I won't pretend. When you do so many things, something always suffers. You just can't be great at everything.
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Getting direct consumer revenue through movies or games or other culture products is something that we are very suitable for.
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Every morning I wake up and thank God.
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Life does not owe me a shred.
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Industry is extremely slow in readjusting itself to the manufacture of modern consumer goods.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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You get to a point where it's like you can't really do anything right, and people will pick on you for whatever decisions you make, so I just try and take no notice and get on with my music.
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Gangsta to us didn't have anything to do with Al Capone and stuff like that. It's just about living your life the way you want to live it. And you're not going to let nothing stop you.
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Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
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If you were to ask me to choose between democratic values and wealth, power, prosperity and fame, I will very easily and without any doubt choose democratic values.
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Fiorello LaGuardia saved City Center. The real man saved it, and he made this building into a performing arts venue.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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Many African-American men are incarcerated. And so African-American women do carry an enormous burden. And traditionally have carried a greater burden than perhaps their white counterparts.
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I've been lucky enough to play roles that are not just the preppy cheerleader or sullen emo girl. I've been able to play roles that are really vast and varied and very three-dimensional. Fingers crossed that it remains the same.
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It was to do with information management. The intention was to dramatise it.
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I do like being busy. I'm not the kind of person who just sits around and goes to a spa when I'm not working.
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During a transformation, it's understandable to be hesitant about moving too fast, especially at the outset.
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I'm obsessed with golf, so I love going to play golf.
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I wanted to be able to talk with people who have trade jobs and make records with them. I want to do more records with carpenters, electricians, people who specialize in even more bizarre trades that are off the beaten path.
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The young people who join extremist groups are clearly suffering from massive deficiencies in religious knowledge and are often politically gullible (when they are not attempting to salve pangs of conscience by cutting themselves off from a life of delinquency).
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I love playing a woman suffering, thinking about the choices that she's made and obviously wanting more. It's classic.
