Andrea Riseborough Quotes
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Long after the bomb falls and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets like armored cars.
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Octavia Butler was more interested in writing a good story than in worrying about where to slot it.
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Violence against embassies and civilians must be categorically condemned. At the same time, we must attempt to understand why such events occur.
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It was great being together as a band, but much more difficult being brothers than it was being in a band.
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The reality of most software development is that the consequences of failure are simply nonexistent.
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My message is: You don't have to give up being popular, fun, or fashionable in order to be smart; they can go hand and hand. Doing math is a great way to exercise your brain; being smart is going to make you more powerful in life.
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So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.
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I'm very happy with the choices I've been making and the people I've been working with. I hope I can continue along this path.
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I think I always try to be accommodating and open and available and proving for my director. I love to give as many takes as they want. I love to give them as many choices as they want.
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I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.
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It always starts with a script. I like to have plenty of time to read something, and I always like to read a paper copy. I hate reading it on email. I sit down with a script, and want to see how it hits me. It's an instinctive process.
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How can a child adhere to school and the notion of secularism when they see their mother rejected from a school outing, stigmatized, left on the sidelines, just because she has a scarf on her head?
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I have newspapers coming to me and saying, 'Can we get in on the TARP?'.
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Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
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My parents were keen for me to have the education they themselves never had. They weren't able to guide me towards particular books, but they encouraged me to read, which I did, randomly and compulsively.
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My dreams came true while wearing the opening look from the spring/summer 2010 Dior ready-to-wear collection. I will never forget how special I felt opening John Galliano's show, like I was living a dream.
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Random things are luxurious to people. It's personal.
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I was working my first adult job, a quasi journalistic job, writing content for a website. In the offices, we had banks of TVs, papers, a constant media stream, which was unusual for 2001.
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I think only facts alone should corroborate this. In order to get the facts, we need to bring about the speedy return of the inspectors to Iraq.
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When I was in school, and even after, I did a lot of classic plays, and I guess it sort of extended into film.
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We accomplish all that we do through delegation - either to time or to other people.
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People have always asked me why my favorite event was floor, and my answer was always, 'Because I love to dance!'
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I think a lot of people misinterpret what I'm doing because they think of it as just a joke or they think of it as disposable.
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I'm very pragmatic.
