Alice Ripley Quotes
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Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.
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There is no way a spirit of resistance that has sunk so deep in the population can be repressed.
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So this was the big secret historians keep to themselves: historical research is wildly seductive and fun. There's a thrill in the process of digging, then piecing together details like a puzzle.
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If we are not free, no one will respect us.
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Because in Australia there really isn't a lot to do. There aren't a lot of opportunities.
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To see my wife getting inspired from my notes and thoughts, going in the direction I wanted, and have her surprise me with wonderful choices was a real treat.
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I haven't thought about getting into production. I'm interested in the creative aspect of storytelling.
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I've done stuff to pay my dues and that's what actors are supposed to do, because I was a really bad actor when I was 18 or 20.
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I really wanted to go to high school and be normal.
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Democracy cannot survive without the guidance of a creative minority.
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I've been having meetings with people, just everywhere in the world, and it's like, 'Hey, really love you to work with me, send me some ideas.' That's the crazy part.
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I don't really expect much from my life. So when I heard my films are premiering in film festival circuits I was glad of course but I thought it was lucky accident.
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In 1933, the Nazis came to power and the more systematic persecution of the Jews followed quickly. Laws were enacted which excluded Jewish children from higher education in public schools.
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Feminists who say that I switched sides because I am an opportunist should know that exactly the opposite is true. It's cost me a lot of money. I've gone from being well-to-do to being $70,000 in debt. I have done something self-destructive financially. I could only do it because I don't have to support a wife and child.
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Even if you're not being chased by paparazzi, there will be someone doing selfies, so everybody has to be camera-ready all the time. Whoever you are, everybody has to be ready now!
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Republicans can go fuck themselves!
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Even the nonreligious may exercise aesthetic judgment in matters of religion, and indeed our age has given the unbelieving a sophisticated taste in religious literature.
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The ball of snow when, as it rolls, it descends from the snowy mountains, increases in size as it falls.
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Communication is so much better when people are vulnerable.
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Most often, qualifications are defined by the credentials of the person who last held the job. If that is to continue to be the litmus test, white males will continue to be the top choice on any list, if the interviewer is also a white male.
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You should see the eyes of some of those children when I say to them we're going to have to open your head up and take out this tumor. They're not happy about it, believe me. And they don't like me very much at that point. But later on, they love me.
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Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage; doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion.
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Nothing is hanging on my walls.
