Antonya Nelson Quotes
I like the way that psychological extremity can illuminate more 'normal' characters by forcing a comparison.
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We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity.
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I started as an actor. I started directing because Steppenwolf needed another strong director.
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I wanted to be a director and producer and writer, but in the early '40's the union wouldn't let you get through the gates. You couldn't get on a crew, or even learn to direct.
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To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year's Eve in San Francisco.
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Prostitution presents a moral, economic and social problem that cannot be resolved juridically.
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He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
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Doctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies.
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If I was a condiment, I'm gonna go ahead and say I would be Sriracha, because I go well with other things. I'm too much for some people, and hipsters like me.
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Anyway, I tried liking Jimmy Corrigan but I couldn't.
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My stories are Alaska stories, and they need to be told in Alaska. Evergreen Films is located in Alaska; the company does amazing work, and I am thrilled at the prospect of working together.
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Sometimes you just have to jump off the cliff without knowing where you will land.
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I do like a lot of things that a lot of adults would scoff at. 'SpongeBob SquarePants,' 'Looney Tunes.'
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The thing about curly hair is that it's a toss-up. Some days you can let it air dry and it's better than a hair-do, but some days you just look like a sloppy person. I'm really resistant to a trim. I only do it when it gets hard to brush out in the shower, then I'll submit, begrudgingly.
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Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
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I think that our comfort is in our history.
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I never lose an opportunity to speak about my obsession: humankind and the environment.
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Basically we just created our own label, but again we just did it to document our own music and create our own thing, so the major labels were just always out of our picture, we're not interested.
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Ultimately, you have to pursue your own path, not someone's idea of the right path. You need to stay on your path.
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There are standards of the game that FIFA governs and promises to uphold.
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We seldom call anybody lazy, but such as we reckon inferior to us, and of whom we expect some service.
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I remember standing on a medal podium at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, imbued with a sense that if you won enough basketball games, there was no such thing as poor, backward, country, female, or inferior.
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Practically, I am interested in television because it keeps me home and it's fast, and I exist in independent films mostly, and you don't get paid for those, or you don't get paid enough.
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I really thought to myself, 'If I'm going to do anything in this world, I am going to be the best I can be.' I have a tennis coach that has taken me as far as my body can go. I hired a private skiing coach during my birthday week. I have a private yoga instructor. I just don't understand why you wouldn't give yourself every advantage.
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I like the way that psychological extremity can illuminate more 'normal' characters by forcing a comparison.
