Lesli Linka Glatter Quotes
When I went into film, it never occurred to me that I wouldn't be able to do whatever I wanted to do. Maybe that was a good thing in the beginning. I had blinders on, and I charged forward.
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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Twenty-six years ago, I became the first Democratic woman elected to the Senate in her own right. I was the first, but I made sure I wasn't the only.
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When I think back now to the recording sessions, there is more improvisation than one hears. It's an ideal combination of arrangements and improvisation. Only a few people are able to listen and say what is composed and what is improvised. It's a unit.
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I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.
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By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
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A good amount of the guys wanted to date me. Even older guys looking at me. It took some getting used to.
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The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.
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I do a lot of visualisations and meditation and a lot of hippie stuff.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
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My profession has helped me to grow up.
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I simply wanted to get through college as quickly as humanly possible. I had no interest in extracurricular activities or anything that required me to be social. I was allergic to people.
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It seems that no two people came to this specialized area of work via the exact same route.
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One thing that is not to be underestimated is American culture's influence on the rest of the world.
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But I don't have a very good track record with royalty. My dress fell off in front of Prince Charles at the Prince's Trust, so I'm just living up to my reputation.
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People don't have a good intuitive sense of how to weigh new information in light of what they already know. They tend to overrate it.
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Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you?
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I have always wanted to make a film about my parents' generation, which tried every way to escape from the deadly shadow of war and finally settled down in Hong Kong in the '50s to build a home from nothing. Arguably, they are the first generation of Hong Kong people to turn this remote island into a modern city.
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As in the early 20th century, the elemental forces of globalisation have unravelled broad solidarities and loyalties.
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It's a good day. Hopefully, we'll play another month and really enjoy it.
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When I went into film, it never occurred to me that I wouldn't be able to do whatever I wanted to do. Maybe that was a good thing in the beginning. I had blinders on, and I charged forward.
