Andrea Arnold Quotes
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I was 17 when I was forced into marriage. I had no hand in it, and I didn't even enjoy being with the man. Also, I wanted to study, but no one listened to me. I wanted to move forward in life, it wasn't a happy situation. Because of some family problems, I had to stick around.
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Excessive speed and quantity are, like chattiness and digression, besetting sins of cyber-assisted authorship.
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A complainer is like a Death Eater because there's a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people.
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The Web forces me to be disciplined and not to waste time – but before the Web was invented, there were plenty of opportunities to do that anyway.
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I see myself not only as a football player, but an entertainer and icon.
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Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope.
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In a fascist shift, reporters start to face more and more harassment, and they have to be more and more courageous simply in order to do their jobs.
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People have to learn who they are - you can't have somebody else telling you who you are.
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No entrepreneur ever publicly admits to bribing, but few dare to openly claim they don't, either.
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Being best is a false goal, you have to measure success on your own terms.
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There's a series of children's books called A Series of Unfortunate Events, which is like an incredibly dark version of Roald Dahl. I hope to start directing it.
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We must show our Christian colors if we are to be true to Jesus Christ.
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What is a Dixiecrat? A Democrat. A Dixiecrat is nothing but a Democrat in disguise.
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I grew up in Greenwich Village. Dad was friends with John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
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If the nation is rich but people are poor, the country cannot be strong, and society will be unstable.
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There will be a lot of competitive and strong companies coming here and even though Kosovo is a small country that undoubtedly has a lot to offer to global trade; one of our main interests is to expose it to the world market.
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THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN CONTROL PEOPLE IS TO LIE TO THEM. You can write that down in your book in great big letters. The only way you can control anybody is to lie to them.
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I've learned love is like a brick, you can build a house or sink a dead body.
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My friends always said that I should be a comedienne - I was named my class clown.
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I owe my whole career as a storyteller to my father. He was an actor/director/producer and teacher.
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I'd probably say my biggest yo-yo was when I was finishing up my senior year of college. I lost about 100 pounds and within a year gained it all back.
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We have seen the most difficult times and were there to back each other. We have struggled, seen career highs and lows, and know we will be there for each other forever. We have together build our relationship strong. Himanshu is my biggest investment, and I can't let him go.
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I don't read reviews.
