Sam Taylor-Johnson Quotes
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I'm very silly as a person, but quality silliness on-screen has more of an art to it. Harrison Ford, whom I was in 'Morning Glory' with, has mastered that dry funny better than anyone.
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While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.
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The future is much like the present, only longer.
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There's a long history of private-company cooperation with the NSA that dates back to at least the 1970s.
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In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.
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Americans are really obsessed with their teeth being white and straight, aren't they? I saw this little girl the other day with one of those whole head braces. Elastic all the way around! How traumatizing for a child to have to wear one of those! You look like a monster.
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I endeavour to read more, be more informed on gay rights. Whatever floats your boat is my outlook. It's hard enough to be happy without having legislation against you, too.
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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
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You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride. He's too self-deprecating.
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Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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Members of great teams confront each other when they see something that isn't serving the team.
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Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.
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I love figure skating and what I am able to express creatively. I want to leave a legacy in the sport.
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I was always interested in fashion and beauty. I was fifteen when I was scouted in a flea market. Two years later, I arrived in New York. I was in awe because it was like another planet.
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In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn't make myth up; myth is an imprinture of the human condition.
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I haven't chosen any party yet because people choose parties when they get older. When it's time, I'll look, and if I can't find one to join, I'll make another party.
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When I started at Ricci, I did street wear for very cool, young girls, but the price point was for the fourth floor of Bergdorf Goodman next to Carolina Herrera. My cool girls cannot afford it.
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I'm very lucky in the sense that I've got a voice that's distinctive. Not good, but distinctive. That's a very useful thing to have in this business. I'm glad on the one hand that I've got it, but I wish it was more powerful. I wish I had a greater range. I wish it was more accurate at times.
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I support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment.
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Being born in a Christian home does not make you a Christian.
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I was going blind, and I was in a wheelchair. I thought I was going to spend the rest of my life living with my parents.
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I've made lots of big decisions in my life that have shocked people.
