Andrea Arnold Quotes
For me, making films is about trying to work something out by myself in quite a lonely way. I find the whole thing very lonely really.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I'm kind of obsessed with cool girls.
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There are no soft or slothful ways to become sanctified to the point that we are prepared to live in the presence of the Savior. And there can be blessings in the burdens we bear. As a result of these struggles, our souls are stretched and our spirits are strengthened. Our character becomes more Christlike as we are tried and tested.
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I like beautiful clothing. I love Bergdorfs.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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There are wonderful restaurants in London. I love Indian food and I like Arab food, and I go very often to the Arab restaurant Noura.
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I am not going to share my private life with millions of people. I don't find a need to do that and nobody else close to me does either.
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I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working.
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You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force.
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I don't know if Wimbledon's seen anything like it. I don't know if they will again. But it was just - it was electric. The Aussie crowd, I'm really proud of them, the way they conducted themselves. You know they're great losers, as well.
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I would literally have to go meet people so they could see I didn't have big red hair and wear high heels constantly. It was just really ingrained in people.
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That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which is never an easy thing to do.
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There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.
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What a blessed thing it is, that Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left!
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You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.
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Every child deserves to grow up knowing their potential and feeling confident that they won't fall at the first hurdle - that they cope with life's setbacks.
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I think what probably happens when you put two awkward/clunky people together is that their awkward/clunky world seems like a normal world.
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People say it's a Ponzi scheme, it's a bubble. People really don't want to take it seriously. At some point, that narrative will shift to 'virtual currencies are here to stay.'
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The concept of making a movie in which the director dictates is kind of exotic - and absolutely not truthful. Directing means allowing a great deal of collaboration and listening and having the ability to change your mind.
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I don't think I'm the world's greatest producer or songwriter or anything.
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I didn't want to write a pure fantasy novel, though I love those and grew up on J. R. R. Tolkien and Ursula LeGuin.
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I was, throughout school, in the theater program. Through elementary school, junior high, high school, and then J.J. Abrams, my closest friend in the world, we were living together. He was writing, and I was trying writing; I wasnt getting paid for it like he was, but I always had the acting bug.
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For me, making films is about trying to work something out by myself in quite a lonely way. I find the whole thing very lonely really.
