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Debra Granik Quotes

I bring forward stories from the lives of everyday Americans: those whose path hasn't been set out on easy street or who haven't been given it all, those who are actually forging ahead because of their own personal resources, their moxie, their survival instincts.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Work Challenge Me Rise Quiet Done

I got rid of all of my non-stick pots and pans, anything that had a kind of toxic surface in terms of cooking.

Cooking Kind Toxic Anything Surface

'The Simpsons' from the very beginning was based on our memories of brash '60s sitcoms - you had a main title theme that was bombastic and grabbed your attention - and when you look at TV shows of the 1970s and '80s, things got very mild and toned down and... obsequious.

Memories Beginning Attention Look

My mistakes are always around moving too slow or moving too fast without process behind it. And it's something that, if we're not careful, we'll repeat again and again.

John T. Chambers

Mistakes Moving Process Slow Fast

When I was in sixth grade there was a talent show, and I wrote my first sketch, 'The Dentist.' I played the dentist, and I had my friend play a patient. It was sort of what can go wrong at the dentist, and I just remember I had lots of fake blood and everything.

Friend Talent Fake Remember Play Go

Yeah, you can disagree with someone and still be cool - that's a thing!

Cool Someone You Disagree Still

For months I've been working on creating techniques to reproduce Swarovski crystals in sugar using the real stones to guide me.

Me Creating Sugar Real Working Been

Now that I've had a book published, it is quite validating, but a bit embarrassing.

Book Now Embarrassing Published Had

Innovation almost always is not successful the first time out. You try something, and it doesn't work, and it takes confidence to say we haven't failed yet... Ultimately, you become commercially successful.

Clayton M. Christensen

Work Confidence Innovation Time You

One of the main successes of string theory is that it has been able to unify the general theory of relativity, which describes gravity, and quantum mechanics.

Gravity Theory Been Quantum Able

The problem with literature, with writing, is that it works sometimes in terms of correction of social ills. Other times, it just does not suffice.

Writing Literature Problem Sometimes

In my opinion, it seems like music is taking a bit of a turn. Look at Mumford and Sons, and the Lumineers. It seems like people and music fans are enjoying the more artistic side of music, and that popular music is taking a turn and accepting that, so I appreciate that.

Phillip Phillips

Music People Opinion Appreciate Look

All my vocal coaches have been pretty great. Thank God.

Shanice Williams

God Great Thank God Pretty Been

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