Edward Appleton Quotes
I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is a language I don't understand.
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A lot of people asked me if it was frustrating not having a clear specific diagnosis, but I didn't mind, I just chose the most optimistic diagnosis.
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I do not believe in any legacy. The past is dead and gone.
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In 1958, my father invested everything he had in a business venture and became the largest automobile dealership in Chicago for Ford's new Edsel line. But Edsel sales plummeted and my father fell into bankruptcy. I watched him struggle; working long hours to protect us from poverty.
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I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.
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A filmmaker can never be distant from his roots.
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I'm married. I've been with my husband for six years. Now that I know what a healthy relationship is, I find I can write better about the unhealthiness of relationships.
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Apparently nobody really read it, it was a cheap movie, it fit their schedule in terms of things so fine, let the guy make that high school comedy. I used to work with Mel Brooks so they figured oh it's going to be one of those really silly movies and that's how it got made.
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I'm twitchy. I think I've got ADD. I find it hard to sit down. I need to be constantly challenged; otherwise, I get very... well, I guess 'bored' is the word.
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If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.
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I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people wanted to see something new on television.
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The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.
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Any film is about heroism: the triumph of good over evil. If you look back at my films, you will see that as a recurring theme.
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When I read the 'Country Strong' script, I thought, 'Can't they just hand-double it? Can't I just do the rest of the movie and not have to do the performing?' It took me six months to learn to sing and play guitar at the same time.
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Don't be surprised if you find me doing some charity work in another country.
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.
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My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.
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Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.
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The Passion narratives are the first pieces of the Gospels that were composed as a unity.
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I can create for others.
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I did a film called 'Fire with Fire.'
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The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism.
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Ignorance and prejudice make for bad advisers.
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I downloaded a Ricky Gervais podcast once at the persistent urging of a friend and found it funny but distracting – if I'm online, I'm surfing, which means I'm distracted from the podcast. So it's a form that doesn't really work for me.
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I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is a language I don't understand.
