Andrea Arnold Quotes
People ask, 'Are your things autobiographical?,' and I think, no, they're not autobiographical directly, but of course my life has informed my work.
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At 21 years old, I could produce 400 people like that.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world.
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I know what feels good to eat and what doesn't. I try to err on the side of choices I know will leave me feeling more energized and ready to go, because it's always better to feel healthy.
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Spontaneity is what travel is all about.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
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From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To get something, you have to lose something. That's the rule of life.
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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People think that you can save calories by eating fewer meals a day, but it works just the opposite: the fewer meals you eat, the more counterproductive it becomes to you being able to lose weight.
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The true measure of success for the U.N. is not how much we promise, but how much we deliver for those who need us most.
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I'm a person that doesn't have that many goals or plans. I feel like I'm the wind and I blow through life; it's whatever comes to me. I very much respect nature. Whatever happens to me, I'm happy and I embrace it.
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I think my best friend is dry shampoo and dry texturizer spray.
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I need this wild life, this freedom.
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Acting doesn't have to be threadbare misery all the time.
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Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few.
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I had a very modest upbringing.
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President Ford was a devoted, decent man of impeccable integrity who put service to his country before his own self interest. He helped heal our nation during a time of crisis, provided steady leadership and restored people's faith in the presidency and in government.
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It seems to me that more and more we've come to expect less and less from each other, and I think that should change.
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I don't ever believe in violence as a kind of medicine.
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'Cunnamulla' is a beautifully bleak portrait of a lonely town in which people are leading lives of sort of quiet desperation.
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When I put something into motion, the creativity starts to make other people want to jump in, and then a lot of people get employed. I'm just like a shark, in that way. If I stop swimming, I'll die. But, it really is about that shared experience with people. I'm from theater, and that's really what theater feels like.
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People ask, 'Are your things autobiographical?,' and I think, no, they're not autobiographical directly, but of course my life has informed my work.
