Roger Deakins Quotes

Some of what I consider my best work, and some of the best films that I've ever worked on, kind of disappear without a trace. There's no accounting for it. Something connects, or something doesn't.

Roger Deakins

Recitation: by Male by Female

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WorkBestAccountingKindWithout

When you're reading, like, a character's thoughts, or when it's in first person, you're reading kind of their own story, so you have the opportunity to see what makes that character complex or complicated. And to me, that's what the whole point of fiction is.

Joe Meno

CharacterOpportunityMeThoughts

I have a life that I enjoy; I try and value the things that I think are worth valuing and everything else is icing. You know, it is a kick to go down the red carpet in that dress and then you go back home.

Jewel

LifeHomeRedValueDressThink

We should all have the opportunity to at least get a basic education and feel that you are worthy of something in life.

Jesse Williams

LifeEducationOpportunityFeelYou

The only thing that mattered was what you were to do in life, and it wasn't about money. It was about teaching, or learning.

Maya Lin

LifeLearningMoneyYouOnlyAbout

I was raised by my grandmother on a farm, where we were really poor - we had dirt floors - but so did everybody else.

Robert Herjavec

FarmGrandmotherPoorDirtWhere

I am deeply troubled by Mylan's misclassification of the EpiPen as a generic drug.

Amy Klobuchar

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I just kind of fell into acting.

Steven Ford

ActingKindJustFellJust Kind

I very much dislike writing about myself or my work, and when pressed for autobiographical material can only give a bare chronological outline which contains no pertinent facts.

Shirley Jackson

WorkMyselfWritingFactsDislike

My first big one-person show was basically a combination of my family, me during puberty, embarrassing newspaper articles that were written about me in high school, my first modeling photos, and terrible things that people said about me on the Internet.

Tom Lenk

FamilySchoolPeopleMeHigh School

I'm not going to pre-empt anything regarding how my career's going to go because I'm always prepared for the worst.

Dominic Cooper

CareerGoWorstAlwaysAnythingHow

I like relationships and being in love, but I also like being single - you have to embrace all those different things.

Dominic Monaghan

LoveYouRelationshipsBeing In Love

Theft of a firearm should be punished as a felony, plain and simple.

Dianne Feinstein

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