Anthony Marra Quotes
At Grozny TV, the line between journalism and government propaganda is traversed as often as a Manhattan crosswalk.
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Through every victory and every setback, I've insisted that change is never easy and never quick; that we wouldn't meet all of our challenges in one term, or one presidency, or even in one lifetime.
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When I'm doing just music all the time, it can get really overwhelming. It's always challenging to switch it up a bit. And just because you're a musician, it doesn't mean that music is your only creative outlet.
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Pure mathematics is on the whole distinctly more useful than applied. For what is useful above all is technique, and mathematical technique is taught mainly through pure mathematics.
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Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning.
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I find it hard to talk and say things, but I can always sing about them.
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I think trying to be offbeat is the most boring thing possible.
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I am lucky that the Western world chooses me to play roles in their movies an television, whatever language it may be.
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The same way that some people can play the piano, I can do plots! They just come!
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Not that I want to put the entire rap music style down - I just don't like it. And I know somewhere there's gotta be another guy like that. There's gotta be a guy just like that - just like me. There's gotta be somebody, somewhere... Maybe, maybe an assassin type.
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When I look back on my career, I go, 'This is really great, I've played so many different women.'
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A person's self-esteem has nothing to do with how she looks.
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If I was going to make a broad generalisation, I'd say that I prefer the company of women. People know now that I live with Mike Figgis, but I prefer not to talk about it. On one level, privacy is important, but on another level I have no desire to deny certain things.
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To end the pervasive culture of sexual harassment, it can no longer be the norm that men look the other way. It only ends when men actively participate in ending it.
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I have seen many teachers in real life, which come from the same background and morality and treat their profession like just another one rather than a noble profession.
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I think the problem I have with films is that, because there's so much hype around them, they become bigger than they should be, really. There are things that people do every day in their little workshops that they'll take to heaven with them. You've got to realise that it's not everything, making films.
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On a regular basis I go over in my mind some of the most troublesome things I see about how people approach eating, and the wonder mess we have made out of a very simple thing.
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With 'Rachaa' I get back to action. It has very edgy action.
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When I was having that alphabet soup, I never thought that it would pay off.
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The audition process is always grueling. You always hope to just get offered things, and sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't.
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Basic philosophy, spirit and drive of an organization have far more to do with its relative achievements than do technological or economic resources, organizational structure, innovation and timing.
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That's why we all play the game. You want to be a player; you want to be out there to play.
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I get much more information about the rest of the world from people who are not Americans. You get a distance from America that is useful for a journalist; useful for my perspective on the world.
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At Grozny TV, the line between journalism and government propaganda is traversed as often as a Manhattan crosswalk.
