Lenny Abrahamson Quotes

I'm fascinated by people who have to reinvent themselves. I did it a few times - I was going to be a physicist before I was passionate about philosophy - and I realized that one more change, and I'm going to start looking like a dilettante.

Lenny Abrahamson

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• Sometimes a role might be difficult on my throat.

  

  Tara Strong
  • Sometimes
  • Difficult
  • Throat

• Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than people expect.

  

  Ian Williams Battles
  • People
  • Music
  • Expect

• By the end of high school, I would do shows at the theater at night and then take the train home and go to school the next morning.

  

  Zach Woods
  • School
  • Home
  • High

• The point is to change one's life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now.

  

  Barbara Deming
  • Life
  • Change
  • Master

• I have always been driven; I've always wanted to be published, and I wanted to make that happen, so I worked very hard. 'Perfectionist' would be a word to describe me.

  

  Samantha Shannon
  • Hard
  • Word
  • Worked

• You mustn't upstage the bride.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • You
  • Bride

• Nobody should be sent indefinitely into detention; everybody should have their day in court.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Day
  • Nobody
  • Court

• I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long.

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • Long
  • Language
  • Voice

• Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.

  

  Larry Elder
  • Money
  • Government
  • More

• The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.

  

  Edith Wharton
  • Great
  • Money
  • Think

• If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.

  

  Walter Kirn
  • First
  • Short
  • Hear

• My mother is a beautiful writer. Writing letters back and forth with her was an athletic endeavor, and it became something I really looked forward to.

  

  Lake Bell
  • Writing
  • Mother
  • Beautiful

• In the 5 years, well over 60,000 American families have been broken apart by the absence of insurance because the only way for parents to get treatment for their children is to turn the custody of those children over to the State.

  

  Patrick J. Kennedy
  • Children
  • American
  • Parents

• Plus, there were so many pianos in my house, so I couldn't really avoid it.

  

  Vanessa Carlton
  • House
  • Really
  • Many

• That's why I talk about the breast cancer: because I want women - and everyone - to stay on top of things and get checked. I know how scary it can be. When I dealt with it, I was like, 'Oh my God.' And I have so many other friends who have gone through it or have suffered a loss.

  

  Wanda Sykes
  • God
  • Women
  • Why

• I'm English, and I started off as a songwriter, so I can't really escape that - it's there.

  

  Damon Albarn Gorillaz
  • English
  • Escape
  • Songwriter

• Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.

  

  Katee Sackhoff
  • People
  • Life
  • My Life

• I don't have to be a size zero anymore. But I still want to feel and look good.

  

  Nargis Fakhri
  • Good
  • Want
  • Look

• I would suggest the taxation of all property equally, whether church or corporation, exempting only the last resting place of the dead and possibly, with proper restrictions, church edifices.

  

  Ulysses S. Grant
  • Church
  • Place
  • Last

• An executive is a person who always decides sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.

  

  John Henry Patterson

• Infosys was going to be a different type of company. It was going to be very ethically run, meritocratic, quality-conscious, transparent. People didn't confuse the personal with the corporate.

  

  Nandan Nilekani
  • People
  • Different
  • Quality

• I was sitting alone in a grim mood – furious that the press attacked Senator Edwards on the price of a haircut. But it inspired me – from now on, all haircuts, etc., that are necessary and important for his campaign – please send the bills to me... It is a way to help our friend without government restrictions.

  

  Rachel Lambert Mellon
  • Important
  • Friend
  • Inspired

• Jim Thorpe is someone I've always loved. He was an Olympic athlete, you know, and a football player from back in the day. I'd love to play him. And then there's a guy called Iceman who was a top hit man for the mob. I would love to play him. Actually, it's sort of in the works, so I hope it goes through.

  

  Channing Tatum
  • Hope
  • Guy
  • Football

• I'm fascinated by people who have to reinvent themselves. I did it a few times - I was going to be a physicist before I was passionate about philosophy - and I realized that one more change, and I'm going to start looking like a dilettante.

  

  Lenny Abrahamson
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