Allison Anders Quotes

I think when I got drawn to film, I didn't know it was a business. I mean, like most filmmakers, I probably saw more films than a lot of people when I was a kid. But I watched them on TV as well. I was no purist about it. I spent lots of time in movie theaters, but I also watched a lot of films on TV.

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• Well, I happen to believe all business is female business.

  

  Eddie Bernice Johnson
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• On a personal level, there are many people who have meant a great deal to me. My father and mother were certainly of vital importance, not only in themselves but because they created a world for me to revolt against.

  

  Ingmar Bergman
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• I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here.

  

  Madeleine Albright
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• I'm so sick of people misunderstanding Asians in America and what we're about.

  

  Eddie Huang
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• Most Arab Israelis speak Hebrew, but not the other way around. It's about time that changed.

  

  Zubin Mehta
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• At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love.

  

  Isaac Hanson Hanson
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• I'm a big champion of people doing things outside the system.

  

  Felicia Day
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• And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people - not just their spirit, but to uplift their society and economic base - is through education.

  

  Rainn Wilson
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• For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America's hero. He stands for what we believe is the best within us: limitless strength tempered by compassion, that can bear adversity and emerge stronger on the other side. He stands for what we all feel we would like to be able to stand for, when standing is hardest.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
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• People have said to me, 'It must be nice to prove so many people wrong,' but I've never really cared about proving anything to anybody else.

  

  Daniel Bryan
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• As a hip-hop artist who likes fashion, who can't help but notice people like Kanye West, Tiger, Big Sean and definitely T.I.P. These guys really understand how to be progressive and fashion forward.

  

  Bobby Ray Simmons Jr.
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• I get to see life through rose-colored glasses a lot of the time.

  

  Usher
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• I think people have to set up little battles. They have to demonize people whom they disagree with or feel threatened by. But it's the ideological framing of the debate that scares me.

  

  Barbara Kruger
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• I pick up on other people's discomfort.

  

  Carice van Houten
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• Certainly it is a blessing to have three beautiful kids who are all healthy. God put them here for me to nurture and bring them up and try to keep as close to right as I can. So it's a blessing. It's a big responsibility, but at the same time it's an honor.

  

  Faith Evans
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• I spend a lot of time with my characters.

  

  R. Lee Ermey
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• The world is full of things that upset people. But most of us deal with it and move on and don't try and burn the planet down.

  

  Salman Rushdie
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• There is no surer token of a little mind than to imagine that anything in the way of physical labor is dishonoring.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
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• Going to the Academy Awards is something I remember since I was six, when I went with my mom for the first time, 14 with my dad, you know, and there I am, at 22, 23, whatever I was, sitting next to my mom. You know, and then again, there with my dad. Like, there's a beauty to it, and I care deeply about film history.

  

  Laura Dern
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• I've spent more time in hospitals than some fellows ever spend in church.

  

  Rabbit Maranville
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• When I was a kid, I wanted to emulate Mel Blanc, who is arguably one of the most legendary voiceover recording artists of our time. I used to watch all the cartoons where he would voice Daffy, Elmer Fudd and Porky the Pig. I knew one day I wanted to do that.

  

  Jesse McCartney
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• The first movie I saw where it convinced me I could be an actor was 'Mean Streets,' so whenever I see Robert De Niro and he says, 'Hi, Denis,' it's still a really big deal.

  

  Denis Leary
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• The more wild experiences you have, the better songs you can write.

  

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• I think when I got drawn to film, I didn't know it was a business. I mean, like most filmmakers, I probably saw more films than a lot of people when I was a kid. But I watched them on TV as well. I was no purist about it. I spent lots of time in movie theaters, but I also watched a lot of films on TV.

  

  Allison Anders
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