Lisa Cholodenko Quotes
I don't feel like my films are about gender; they are about identity - but a different slant on identity.
Quotes to Explore
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Always render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.
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I never wear matching socks. It's kind of a thing that I have!
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The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
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We are not the same India that the world saw in the 1970s and '80s. Hence, we have a responsibility to live up to the pedestal on which we have been put.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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I don't take pleasure in anyone's demise, really.
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Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I'm not saying that's the only calling card, but it's a whole crayon box.
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We are not angels, we are merely sophisticated apes. Yet we feel like angels trapped inside the bodies of beasts, craving transcendence and all the time trying to spread our wings and fly off, and it's really a very odd predicament to be in, if you think about it.
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The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
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Most Americans are more concerned about the economy and job creation. And they can't understand why the Obama administration or the Democrat majority in Congress wants to pass a bill like the cap-and-trade tax that will cost us jobs, that will hurt our economy, that will drive up costs for families, as well as for small businesses.
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The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments of Unit 731, is not something that is in the US psyche. That is changing because many books are coming out.
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I was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to take the band in more of a Las Vegas direction. And there he is.
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I will not have Botox. You know why? Because I eat! I eat the fat, I eat the vegetable, I eat everything. If you exercise and you don't eat enough, it takes its toll on the skin.
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I'm going to fight to the death for a public option.
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Rather than doing the kind of fact-checking that normally goes with a story, you ran with certain stories for not wanting to get beat. There's a pressure that exists in your profession. I would be surprised in any honest exchange that you say that doesn't exist.
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I was halfway through a rough draft of 'The Sisters Brothers' when it came time to start the 'Terri' adaptation.
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
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I have a knack for choosing the wrong people.
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If I want to relax and not do anything, I don't want to leave home.
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Nobody wants to hear an actor complain about too much work - especially other actors.
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Brisk Confidence still best with woman copes: Pique her and soothe in turn-soon Passion crowns thy hopes.
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Woman's advice has little value, but he who won't take it is a fool.
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Each woman brings her own separate, unique strengths to the family and the Church. Being a daughter of God means that if you seek it, you can find your true identity.
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I don't feel like my films are about gender; they are about identity - but a different slant on identity.
