Apollonia Kotero Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Reading the several thousand pages of Christopher Isherwood's complete journals is an instructive corrective to the prissiness of reading fiction. Isherwood had faults that we'd say were unforgiveable in a novel (he was careful to distance himself from these in his autobiographical fiction).
-
I'm not a pretty person. I don't like pretty, so I don't feel badly. Most of the world is not with me, but I don't care.
-
Standing up on the right to trial by jury is something that, really, a lot of people should agree with, you know, both on the Right and the Left.
-
When we put an end to nuclear tests, we get closer to eliminating all nuclear weapons.
-
He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law.
-
I felt 'Gone with the Wind' would last five years, and it's lasted over 70 and into a new millennium. There is a special place in my heart for that film and Melanie. She was a remarkable character - a loving person - and because of that, she was a happy person. And Scarlett, of course, was not.
-
But actors should act. You should see them most often rather than just not.
-
Your work is first, learning is first, winning is everything because without it there is nothing.
-
My younger sister had kids before I did, and managed to earn a master's degree while raising them as a single parent. Now she's a brilliant second-grade teacher. I'm in awe of her ability to juggle everything and still be a great mother.
-
I first encountered Bradbury's writing when I was pretty young. He's a great bridge author between young-adult fiction and literature.
-
You can draw inspiration from anything. If you're a good storyteller, you can take a dirty look somebody gives you, or if a guy you used to have flirtations with starts dating a new girl, or somebody you're casually talking to says something that makes you so mad - you can create an entire scenario around that.
-
It's hard to argue with someone that won't argue with you.
-
It hasn't been smooth or delightful every minute, there were lean years and rough years, but it's been exciting and good and I'm thrilled to be an actress and a singer and to have spent my life this way.
-
The only question to ask yourself is, how much are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this success?
-
In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.
-
I'm blessed that I can leave it to the pros at work and red-carpet events, because I can't say I'm adept. Still, I'm definitely not afraid to take chances when it comes to beauty.
-
I have certainly been very front footed about increasing our gender representation at Westpac.
-
I feel like I've really earnt my stripes - I feel ready to play a lead. I would just love to prove I'm good enough to carry a project.
-
Filibusters have proliferated because under current rules just one or two determined senators can stop the Senate from functioning. Today, the mere threat of a filibuster is enough to stop a vote; senators are rarely asked to pull all-nighters like Jimmy Stewart in 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.'
-
I never understood what the big deal is about privacy.
-
Looking ahead, while we remain cautious about the near-term operating environment, we are confident in the strength of our franchise and the firm's longer-term growth prospects.
-
Let's stop wasting billions of dollars on prisons, which send people home who are too often less capable and more damaged than when they went in. We would have safer neighborhoods if we spent the same money on true rehabilitation, job training, employment and entrepreneurship.
-
I'd rather be looked over than overlooked.
