Allison Anders Quotes

Let's face it - no matter how independent you are, you still have this nagging need to be desired.

Allison Anders

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• Everything with Marvel is on a need-to-know basis, so I didn't officially know until the second episode I did, which I think was the 10th episode in the season. Information is carefully guarded over there. I definitely didn't know that I was 'Deathlok.'

  

  J. August Richards
  • Think
  • Know
  • Information

• You don't think about the danger. The spaceship becomes your home.

  

  Valentina Tereshkova
  • Home
  • Think
  • You

• Somebody gets to be smart and somebody gets to be dumb. If we win, it'll be because of the president. And if we lose, it'll be because of me.

  

  Karl Rove
  • Smart
  • Win
  • President

• When I was a child, I used to paint intently. The older I become, and the closer death approaches, the brighter my life gets day by day.

  

  Yayoi Kusama
  • Life
  • Death
  • Day

• There's no safe Republican district. You can run, but you cannot hide.

  

  Rahm Emanuel
  • You
  • Run
  • Safe

• Everyone thinks their family is the craziest family in the world. Like, 'My God, my family's crazy!'

  

  Garret Dillahunt
  • World
  • God
  • Family

• I just want to sit in my room and write books.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • Want
  • Write
  • Room

• I'm a black man in the United States of America, so I always feel like there's a target on me.

  

  Wale
  • America
  • Man
  • Black

• Well, I just hope we can have peace, and I hope it'll do some good.

  

  Samantha Smith
  • Good
  • Hope
  • Peace

• I believe it's easier to be an actor. Somehow, interviewing seems to be intrusive on people's lives.

  

  Wayne Rogers
  • People
  • Believe
  • I Believe

• Once I turned 13, I was the guy magnet.

  

  Vanessa Hudgens
  • Guy
  • Once
  • Magnet

• Millions of people gave their lives fighting fascism and imperialism, but Pearl Harbor was the event that forever changed the course of human history.

  

  Sam Graves
  • People
  • History
  • Fighting

• We know taking care of an infant isn't just women's work - so why should maternity leave be the norm when paternity leave is the exception? There's no question that taking care of and bonding with a new baby is just as important and meaningful for dads as it is for moms.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • Work
  • Important
  • Women

• I'm just trying to work out how to write music now, because I've never had the opportunity where my number-one priority is writing music. I don't know how my brain works yet.

  

  Flume
  • Work
  • Music
  • Writing

• It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.

  

  Navjot Singh Sidhu
  • Like
  • China
  • Egg

• People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • People
  • Music
  • Way

• This movie will actually increase the sex life of parents everywhere because they can put this on, with the 45 minutes of extras and they've got almost two hours to do whatever they've got to do while the kids watch the movie.

  

  Dana Carvey
  • Life
  • Kids
  • Movie

• A bad system will beat a good person every time.

  

  W. Edwards Deming
  • Time
  • Good
  • Bad

• I don't think I anticipated supporting myself as a writer... I expected I would have to be a teacher or a journalist, that I wouldn't just write full time. It's such a part of my life, and in some ways, it's a very unromantic part of my life. It's almost, to me, like breathing. I don't think about whether I like it or not.

  Curtis Sittenfeld
  • Life
  • Time
  • Teacher

• I came to realize that one single human being, comprehended in his depth, who gives generously from the treasures of his heart, bestows on us more riches than Caesar or Alexander could ever conquer. Here is our kingdom, the best of monarchies, the best republic. Here is our garden, our happiness.

  

  Ernst Junger
  • Heart
  • Happiness
  • Human being

• I always wanted to be a photographer. While I was at school, I got a lab-monkey holiday job in the darkrooms at the 'Independent.' What they taught me there was: you need to get the whole story in one frame.

  

  Ben Schott
  • School
  • Job
  • Independent

• I did very much enjoy being part of an independent film. It was just the energy.

  

  Kylie Minogue
  • Energy
  • Film
  • Independent

• Being taken down a few pegs is humbling. Knowing that life is not easy or fair is humbling. Receiving a great honor - well, that would be called an honor.

  

  Meghan Daum
  • Life
  • Great
  • Taken

• Let's face it - no matter how independent you are, you still have this nagging need to be desired.

  

  Allison Anders
  • Independent