Lisa Cholodenko Quotes
I had a great love affair in high school and let myself have that love affair and tried to keep it to myself.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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There's nowhere like Detroit; it's a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away.
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Geffen was never supportive of the band.
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When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.
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Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn't know. So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. He's not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball.
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It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life.
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I graduated with an English degree and worked for awhile in academic publishing.
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I have been in more classrooms than any legislator will ever walk into in their lives, and I see wonderful, caring, dedicated teaching out there.
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Too many times, the international community has not prepared the post-conflict period in time.
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Mumbai may not be my city. But it is my kind of city.
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I could never sit down and say: I'm going to do an out-and-out comedy, just to prove to people I can. You've just got to do what you do. Just listen to your soul and do your art and do it for the right reasons, and then you can't fail.
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Some players don't like training and I've seen some players who aren't bothered if they play or not. But I want to play every game. Sometimes you have to rest in certain games, but I want to play in every game.
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Man's task is to become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious.
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It was only after university that I said to myself that I had to take the risk and have a serious go at acting. It's such a bizarre profession, because you have to be totally tough to deal with all those times when you're being turned down, and then really soft in order to access your character's emotions.
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God has taken care of me, and mother dear has taken care of me, too. All my life.
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America is addicted to wars of distraction.
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Teenagers all think their life is a movie. If you break up with someone or you have a fight, you walk around with movie scores playing in your head. You sort of see yourself suffering as you're suffering. There's a lot of melodrama attached to the real events of your life.
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I appreciate the sacrifices my dad made. I went to a great public high school.
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Our stories come from our lives and from the playwright's pen, the mind of the actor, the roles we create, the artistry of life itself and the quest for peace.
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I'm just starting to realize the type of work that I want to do. Not everyone can fit into the sitcom world because it's so fast-paced, but it feels comfortable to me.
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I had a great love affair in high school and let myself have that love affair and tried to keep it to myself.
