Alex Garland Quotes
When I see 'Sunshine,' I see a film that part of me is kind of very proud of and another part of me is very sad about, so it's a really complicated film for me. And I've never been really able to resolve all that in myself.
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When I go to my health club, and it's in the basement, you have to take the elevator down. And this drives me crazy. Why can't there be a stairway? At least make it as easy to exercise as it is to not exercise. It's in society's interest for me to take the stairs.
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I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.
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Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.
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I like playing sort-of-crazy people. There's something really, really fun about that.
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Palestinian propagandists can say and do anything they please without concern for the truth, in the belief that if they repeat it often enough it will simply become the truth.
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How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.
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Actors play different characters in every project they do. Though it has nothing to do with my craft, the red carpet gives me the opportunity to show who I really am and be myself.
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Bill Cosby, you know, he's a delightful guy.
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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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Identify your niche and dominate it. And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.
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I could scrape water off horses all day long. That would never get boring.
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You never want to have that ticking clock and know that you had all this time and didn't use it.
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But like Mrs. Ford, I think that the more people realize what a difficult and what an insidious disease it is, the sooner people will start to correct that situation.
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Mankind: A quality of life upgrade is available to each and every one of you. It should give you a quality of life upgrade, which means no drugs, no alcohol, no fast food - unless, of course, it's a mallard.
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I'm not a one-issue person.
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I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
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I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore.
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Once upon a time, an angel and a devil held a wishbone between them. And its snap split the world in two.
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I think if you try a little bit too hard sometimes, you can kind of shoot yourself in the foot.
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I am proud to have played a small part in ensuring that no veteran's heroic service will be cast aside due to prejudice.
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I coached against Dave the last couple of years, and I was very proud to be the first time a father ever coached against his son. He beat me for 30 minutes the first time and 59 and a half minutes the second time.
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I am a joyful conservative, unafraid to articulate big ideas with an optimistic smile.
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When I see 'Sunshine,' I see a film that part of me is kind of very proud of and another part of me is very sad about, so it's a really complicated film for me. And I've never been really able to resolve all that in myself.
