April Bowlby Quotes
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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Sometimes when I visit schools, kids will interview me for the school newspaper. They ask me questions and my answers tend to go on and on, and they try to write down everything I'm saying as quickly as they can. And one day, a kid holds up her hand and said, 'Do you think you could just answer 'yes' or 'no?' Aren't kids wonderful?
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There's nothing more interesting than the landscape of the human face.
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We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer.
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Primarily I'm a meat man, although once in a while I toy with a few vegetables.
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I had such a normal and amazing childhood. I've been so lucky. My parents are cool and normal. They don't talk about the business, and I still have stuff to do at their house.
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I found that the corridors of power in Delhi were littered with lobbies of various kinds.
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I always knew I would act. It was just a matter of time.
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Power is, in its nature, encroaching; and such is the human make that men who are vested with a share of it are generally inclined to take more than it was intended they should have.
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The violence in the world comes about because we human beings are forever creating barriers between men who are like us and men who are not like us.
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I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.
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Some of the greatest relationship films of all time, the two stars have hated each other, but mostly you see that chemistry.
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I've spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I'm not irresponsible.
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As a writer, as much as I try, I can't stop writing female characters. They have so much more to offer; they have to wear so many different hats. There's so much wonderful gray matter in a female's life that it just makes for a stronger character.
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So finally I came up with a thing that felt really pure, and I'm Christian, so when I hear about death I have a lot of hope because I believe in Jesus and life after death, and John 3:16.
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You have to stay on top and learn from mistakes.
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When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means.
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A lot of producers now are people who stay in their office and never go to the set. I don't know how you can be the advocate of the movie if you're not there in it every day.
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If you grow up in Ireland and read books then you really are obliged to attempt your own some time. It is not exactly a choice. I still don't know if I am a writer. Believe me, there are days when I have my doubts.
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I've heard it said many times, 'Let's work on the look of the film,' but that doesn't work with me.
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I was the class clown at school, but at home, my family wasn't very funny.
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People talked to me in a way I think they would not have talked to somebody who hadn't shared the experience; they gave me their papers, they gave me their diaries. I found people constantly opening up to me. And I think they did because I had shared that experience with them.
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I love country music, but I also love gangster rap.
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If you're going to school, you should do what you enjoy.
