Lisa Cholodenko Quotes
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I want 'The Lady' magazine to be restored to its traditional place in the pantheon of weekly magazines.
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Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?
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I used to think religion was just more of the same thing. Dump responsibility on the big guy. Now I see an importance in that. It's a relief to accept that not everything is under your control.
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Most people sort of enjoy going to work because of the socialisation, a chance to flirt with co-workers and so on, but actually hate the job they do.
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I am not the first man who wanted to make changes in his life at 60 and I won't be the last. It is just that others can do it with anonymity.
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When I was a teenager, my biggest lessons came from Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, George Strait, Rascal Flatts and Brad Paisley. I learned so much from opening up for those artists, and it also taught me how to treat your opening acts and make them feel like they're part of a family, not just a tour.
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A few years ago, there were requests to me, Can we make this? I said that I have no rights. Contact the Hitchcock estate, which won't release it for a remake.
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The characters I've portrayed may outwardly be quite different from one another, but I've found that they're also intrinsically linked.
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I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free of ambition.
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I was very much in love with my mother. She was a very warm and a very cold woman. When she was warm, I tried to come close to her. But she could be very cold and rejecting.
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I have a specialized racing bike, which is great because it has a solid build, is comfortable to ride, and is lightweight.
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I'm forever writing, forever looking for something to direct or produce, and always on the hunt for a great role.
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The Reverend Jeremiah Wright would baptize Obama, perform his marriage to Michelle LaVaughn Robinson, baptize their daughters, and draw him into the raucous, restless family of faith that Obama had never known before.
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Inflation is not always the main problem, or indeed a problem at all. Sometimes, though rarely, deflation is a more serious threat, and we need to shelve many of the orthodoxies we have held so dear.
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I enjoy living in L.A. This is where the work is - or at least generated from - because you fly off and do movies. It's sort of a great way to see the world.
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'Star Wars' is a galaxy a long time ago, far, far away. 'Star Wars' is not about our future.
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When land and its tillage are the basis of taxation, one need not care exactly how many people there are.
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It is, according to almost every guidebook, the world's 'greatest monument to love.
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The only thing I want is to awaken all humans on the planet that we are living on Mother Earth.
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We all take from our artistic endeavors what we as individuals need, to make the process unique and fulfilling to ourselves.
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Mediocrity's like a spot on a shirt—it never comes off.
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The press keep asking me, 'What was your biggest mistake?' But if I had made a big mistake, they'd all be writing about it, wouldn't they?
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The State is the coldest of all cold monsters.
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I was very influenced by the films of the '70s.
