Arthur Erickson Quotes
Nearly all of the advances in structural and aesthetic innovation is coming from abroad.
Quotes to Explore
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I throw ideas out into the open when I really should just be writing them down in a journal.
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I wouldn't compare myself to any past Idol contestant, because I don't feel like I am like any of them. Maybe stories are cool but my story is different from most people's story. I don't like to compare myself to other people, I like to just be me.
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Any organization or any individual that targets civilians and kills them for political agenda is a terrorist organization.
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God isn't really interested in our batting averages.
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Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material.
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My journey has been that of a character actor.
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Jennifer Lawrence is just the coolest girl.
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I often reread books I have written.
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I speak my mind. That's what we loved Tupac for.
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In '94, we made the deal during collective bargaining that wasn't the right deal, just to save the season. Allowing the 'in the crease' rule, the foot-in-the-crease rule, we should have not done.
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I grew up with an abundance of things from our garden, so fried food was not enjoyable.
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I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor cast me as a tree, and I was disgusted. I was sure I had more to offer than that. It was like, 'OK, if you want me to be set dressing, fine, I'll take it on the chin but I'll show you - I'm going to be a big actor some day.'
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It was hard to write or compose... we just had to go back and finish making songs. If we make 20 songs, we'll throw away 10.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.
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I grew up in a family where the women were just nuts. They didn't stand around in cardigans making polite conversation while they chopped tomatoes.
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Fitness has always been one of the top priorities in my life because that's the way I grew up, with soccer being the sport of choice.
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The most common criticism I've seen is that I write 'popcorn fantasy:' lightweight action-adventure. Some people call it that as they explain why they love it for exactly that reason. I'm cool with that, either way. I just nod and let it go.
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Most actors will tell you, when they've got emotional stuff that's hard to carry around for hours and hard to try to do justice too, it just beats your butt.
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It's pretty gratifying to spend so long to make your first film and then feel like it got a lot of love - that was an incredible feeling. But there's something very distorting about that much attention. It felt like such a double-edged sword.
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Innovation comes from the producer - not from the customer.
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I'm moved by people who see the world differently than others. People who see the world with a longing for its poetry often can be broken people.
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Nearly all of the advances in structural and aesthetic innovation is coming from abroad.
