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Debra Granik Quotes

Some people have these small, positive schemes for survival, a kind of strength that I am attracted to, maybe because I'm prone to the blues.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: american
Birth: February 6, 1963

Topics

Positive Strength I Am People Small

I'm big into fishing, but I've never been much of a hunter. I never was really raised around it a whole lot, so I never got a chance to do it a whole lot.

Fishing Chance Never Hunter Big Got

Courtney Vance and I are college classmates, weirdly enough. We're both Harvard class of 1982. Courtney, as a work-study job, was a typesetter at the Harvard 'Crimson,' the newspaper where I worked.

Job College Enough Class Newspaper

I have never had to face anything that could overwhelm the native optimism and stubborn perseverance I was blessed with.

Sonia Sotomayor

Perseverance Optimism Blessed Face

I hate everything about writing except doing it.

Hate Writing Doing Everything Except

The first guy who came up with the concept of religion was sitting out under a tree. I'm sure of that.

Tree Religion Sitting First Out Up

By recycling pre-existing material, Shakespeare seemed to endorse a view common in his time, which has become even more entrenched in the 400 years since: that all the truly essential stories are already in the bag.

Time View Bag Become More Recycling

I first went to Cambodia in 2002, primarily, as it turned out, to change diapers. My wife had work in Phnom Penh, and thus left with her driver and translator early each morning and returned later each night, while I took care of our firstborn son, who was 2 at the time.

Michael Paterniti

Work Change Morning Son Time Wife

Anytime you see a bit where some stranger does something to me, it's me.

Me You Stranger See Where Something

Republicans get a lot of money from big business, but they are not tied to the union dollar. As a result they have been aggressive advocates of school reform, charter schools and vouchers for private schools.

Business Money School Result Dollar

We never tell countries that they should have a particular number in terms of a tax number, you know, if countries can make do with whatever average tax they have. The question is, do they apply it to everybody? Or do they give sweetheart deals to some companies?

Jose Angel Gurria

You Tax Know Never Question Tell

I'm a strong believer in the things that I want to do.

Demetrius Shipp, Jr.

Strong Want Things Believer

Team spirit spurs me on. I've always found it easier to be strong for other people than for myself.

Myself Be Strong People Me Team

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