Ashley Williams Quotes
I think it's such a challenge to tell a story, and I think, to be honest, the shorter, the clearer, the better.
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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I wrote for nearly six hours. When I stopped, the dark mood, as if by magic, had folded its cloak and gone away.
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I had this 'War and Peace' thing of wanting to experience war as a kind of incredible human enterprise. I even applied to Officer Candidate School. Then the practical side of me kicked in and I thought, 'I really don't want to get drafted.' So I went down to the physical and checked every psychological disorder and drug on the medical history form.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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I did a lot of things as a Muslim that I am sorry for now.
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I have been acting since I was thirteen.
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I'm not very well known. However, the more well known you get, the more people are going to have expectations of you. Although that's great, it also imposes certain pressures.
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I speak my mind. That's what we loved Tupac for.
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What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real.
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A culture without mythology is not really a civilisation.
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I spent every day just praying that I didn't look like a big dork on camera.
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I never felt like I had a mother.
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Egypt has suffered more ordeals than the other countries to get where it is.
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From a population point of view, it's actually very important that as few people as possible get the flu. People getting the flu is not a private matter. The risk for healthy people is really about your friends and neighbors and fellow travelers.
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I don't know how television or radio is going to survive without newspapers because that's where they get all their news. It's going to be hopeless.
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Arresting and detaining these dangerous people can make sense, at least until a final decision is reached on their deportation. However, such detention must always be subject to time limits and court review.
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While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin, the opportunity is lost.
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I feel quite fearless protecting the people I love.
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When I started performing, I played acoustic music, partly because that way you don't have to worry about interacting too much with other people creatively. Asserting myself in that way was not really a strong point for me.
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For me, money is about respect, and that is really important to me.
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For someone making a pilot, assuming the talent is there and you can maneuver the system properly, it's just a matter of standing your ground and trying to make something great until you are making enough money for the studio that they let you keep making it.
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Disobedience to conscience is voluntary; bad poetry, on the other hand, is usually not made on purpose.
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The creative act arises out of the struggle of human beings with and against that which limits them.
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I think it's such a challenge to tell a story, and I think, to be honest, the shorter, the clearer, the better.
