Andrea Arnold Quotes
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Even as a kid, I read 'Jung – Reflections and Individuation In Fairy Tales'; all the inner circle of Jung was a real huge thing for me.
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Let a hundred flowers bloom.
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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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I still can't believe it when people say I am a celebrity.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.
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Even in this globalised world, London is still the standard for our times. The city has embraced the world's diversity and represents the finest in human achievements.
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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I met will.i.am in the studio and played him a couple of songs and he liked them. We're similar but there's nobody in my lane doing what I'm doing.
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'Coexist' was tough to make.
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Only through loving and supporting one another, even in the face of unbearable pain and suffering, will this cycle of violence end.
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We believed that to understand literature, you had to understand its place in history and culture.
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There are many cultural prejudices. For instance, even though fresh fish is a regional staple, Catalans don't like sashimi.
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A lot of my work concerns a crisis of agency - what can we do?
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I use iTunes for downloading music, but I always decline when prompted to update this or that new version.
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Teenage girls in television and film, in my experience, oftentimes are portrayed as either the sweet, innocent virgin or the super-sexy, experienced, town bicycle. There never seems to be an in-between. I think most girls are somewhere in between those two tropes.
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I don't believe there's any inherent darkness at the center of religion at all. I think religion actually is a morally neutral force.
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The starting point of all great jazz has got to be format, a language that you can work within that, in some ways, is much tighter than the blues or even gospel. It's all working towards the same destination - the difference being that Miles Davis flew there, and I'm still taking the subway.
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I like to work from home. I do most of my writing in bed, late at night after everyone has gone to sleep. I need to be alone with my thoughts, and late at night is about the only time that can actually happen.
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I vote in every general election, but I'm not a party member or an ideologue. I've never told anyone who I've voted for.
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I work best when there is adversity: I seem to get calmer the more the fur is flying.
