Debra Granik Quotes

I think, in some ways, that is the balm of stories, of fables, of tales: it's the way we're wired. We have always needed to distill what we're going through and try to understand it by looking either backwards or forwards. And the hardest is to look in the now.

Debra Granik

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LookingThinkLookUnderstandWay

You can feel yourself trying too hard, doing too much. Nobody wants to watch somebody when they're needy, and actors are in the unfortunate position of needing to be cast and needing to be liked.

Jess Weixler

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Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great have become little, and the little great.

Johann Georg Zimmermann

GreatWantBecomeLittleFortune

Visibility doesn't always equal freedom.

Jenny Zhang

FreedomAlwaysEqualVisibility

As long as the rent's getting paid, you don't think about getting out of the game.

John Cho

GameThinkLongYouRentOut

Every few generations there are people who come along that change the way we look at the world, for musical enthusiasts Monk is one of these individuals.

John Conyers

ChangePeopleWorldLookWayMonk

I think comedy is so specific, so hard. I'd audition for comedies and think, 'I can't pull this off.'

Melissa Fumero

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Diane Keaton, I've worked with her as a director, and I think she's a really intelligent woman. I like the fact that the things that make her feel beautiful are more than just her face; it's who she is, and I live by that same theory. There are things I want to achieve in my life intellectually that make me feel beautiful.

Andie MacDowell

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It started when I moved into a vegetarian co-op back in the '70s, and that's really when I had my food consciousness awakened. I learned how to cook, and eventually I became the food buyer for the entire co-op. Not long after that, I went to work for a small natural food store in Austin, and I became very excited and passionate about it.

John Mackey

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My three children played soccer and lacrosse. I grew up as a Green Bay Packers fan. I am not against sports. We want kids to play sports, but we want them to be safe.

Ann McKee

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I worked with practically everybody in the business in all of the years in NBC, but I worked personally many years with people like Crosby and Sinatra, so of course that was a great ground school for me.

Skitch Henderson

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I know most people always thank people for believing in them - I actually want to thank people that didn't believe in me.

Tori Spelling

PeopleMeBelieveKnowBelieving

In the early stages of Internet in Japan, many said that Japanese and Americans are different. There are 10 reasons why Japanese Internet is not taking off. I said none of them are right; it's just a time lag. And, of course, Japanese Internet took off.

Masayoshi Son

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