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Debra Granik Quotes

The Oscars have always been an arena in which very commercial films are recognised, and I don't mean that in a bitter way; I just didn't ever look in that direction.

Debra Granik

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Direction Look Way Mean Always Been

Most young people find botany a dull study. So it is, as taught from the text-books in the schools; but study it yourself in the fields and woods, and you will find it a source of perennial delight.

John Burroughs

Yourself People Woods You Find Will

I am now reading Cooper's Naval History which I find very interesting.

John D. Long

History I Am Reading Interesting Now

You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked through the water.

John Dryden

Love Water You Sight See Through

I covered Katrina, I've covered the tsunamis, all of them, the Haiti earthquake... you get to a certain point in your career where you say, 'I want to now cover what I want to cover.'

Soledad O'Brien

You Career Now Say Want Point

It is inevitable that popularity will fade. That's why I must always be prepared. I don't want a meteoric rise in popularity. I want to be an actor who can quickly get back on my feet after a fall. If I want to have a long-term career in acting, I must be careful about the choices I make.

Song Joong-ki

Choices Feet Fall Career Acting

The critical role of Congress in the adoption of international agreements was clearly laid out by our Founding Fathers in our Constitution. And it's a principle upon which Democrats and Republicans have largely agreed.

Tom Cotton

Constitution Congress Out Clearly

I think the idea of fact-checking, I think the idea that you come up through a system where you know how to cover night cops, and then you go on, and you go on to various beats, including writing obituaries, and you get names right, you know how to spell them, really has some advantages to it.

Juan Williams

Writing Night Think You Go Know

I had had no art training.

Dorothy Malone

Art Training Had

In creating a new character, it's sometimes difficult to find a touchstone, a North Star that will always point you in the direction that character will travel.

Deanna Raybourn

Character Travel Direction You Find

The original title for 'In the Mood for Love' was called 'A Story About Food.' The idea was to tell a love story through different courses.

Wong Kar-wai

Love Food Story Mood Through Tell

Americans mythologize competition and credit it with saving us from socialist bread lines. Actually, capitalism and competition are opposites. Capitalism is premised on the accumulation of capital, but under perfect competition, all profits get competed away.

Peter Thiel

Competition Capitalism Credit Perfect

I try to tell all the - not even the kids, even people older than me - to just be themselves. Don't wear what I wear 'cause I wear it; wear what you like.

Tyler, The Creator

People Me You Try Tell Wear