Andrea Arnold Quotes
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One must always try to see the truth of a situation - it makes things universal.
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There is a fundamental question we all have to face. How are we to live our lives; by what principles and moral values will we be guided and inspired?
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I went from living in the Dominican Republic - every day, my mom and I would cook, or we'd go hang out with the kids - to flying a private jet to Chicago with Zac Efron and Dennis Quaid. People had champagne, and they were going to these amazing restaurants. It was a culture shock. It's important, I think, to have that. To see both sides.
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I've been busy for years, buying land, often under pseudonyms, and planting trees on it. All the money is going into it when I die - and in the end I'd like to think that it will be 20 to 30,000 acres.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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Be a good-looking corpse. Leave a good-looking tattoo.
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I pinch myself daily at the good fortune of my life, you know, in many ways.
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I am a keen observer of my own films; I also try to discover myself through the movies I make.
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Singing for me has always been a joyous but private pleasure that connects me in a lyric thread to my beloved grandmother Alice.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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Absolutely father knows best, always do what your fathers say, and if you can't find one then just ask me, I am a father and I know best.
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I believe you can achieve anything if you work hard enough to get it.
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Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
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When I first read 'The River,' I had theories on what it was about, but once we got into rehearsal, I realized it's much simpler: It's about how human beings try to connect. The play holds a mirror up to the audience, and they take from it what's relevant to their lives.
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Fifteen- to 30-year-olds are interested in all kinds of intelligent movies - it doesn't have to be a broad comedy or an action adventure for them to go see it.
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I like powerful women, and I gravitate to any point in history when a female has significant power. I can spend hours researching any such amazing lady, from Ching Shih to Hatshepsut to Boudica to Zenobia.
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If it feels right and I'm not going against any energy in myself or the situation, there would be no limit.
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As long as you keep getting born, it's alright to die some times.
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Come on in. The earth, like the sun, like the air, belongs to everyone - and to no one.
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It seems that the one thing that doesn't change is people's reaction to short-term conditions and their axiomatic ability to perpetuate them far into the future.
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Music reflects an artist's feelings and their experiences.
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I am not a therapist. I am not a spiritual leader. These elements are in the art: it is therapeutic, spiritual, social and political - everything. It has many layers. But art has to have many layers. If it doesn't, then forget it.
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I don't practice or write stuff down - everything I do onstage was just made up before I went on.
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I love insects. They are amazing.
