Allison Anders Quotes

There's a persona that musicians carry with them. I like to find what's under the persona.

Allison Anders

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MusiciansFindCarryLikePersona

One thing I hope I'll never be is drunk with my own power. And anybody who says I am will never work in this town again.

Jim Carrey

WorkHopePowerI AmDrunkMy Own

I think being a writer is being heavily attuned to the absolute absurdity of things you take for granted, and I think that having actual parents who lived through the Cultural Revolution who are also interested in literature, they're also very attuned to those moments.

Jenny Zhang

ParentsRevolutionThinkMomentsYou

When I talk about work or my take on life, all the joyfulness and excitement never seem to make it in.

Andrea Riseborough

LifeWorkExcitementTalkNever

War is a racket. It always has been... A few profit - and the many pay. But there is a way to stop it. You can't end it by disarmament conferences. You can't eliminate it by peace parleys at Geneva. Well-meaning but impractical groups can't wipe it out by resolutions. It can be smashed effectively only by taking the profit out of war.

Smedley Butler

PeaceWarEndYouStopResolutions

As I said, if you don't stand up for yourself, people aren't going to think that you can stand up for them.

Sidney Blumenthal

YourselfPeopleStand UpThinkStand

I recommend my students not to be professional unless they really have to be. I tell them, 'If you love music, sell Hoovers or be a plumber. Do something useful with your life.'

Robert Fripp

LifeLoveMusicYouProfessional

I'd love to work with Woody Allen.

Michael Pena

WorkLoveWoodyWoody AllenAllen

I think young writers ought to be heretical.

Derek Walcott

ThinkYoungI ThinkOughtWriters

'Cougar' has become so distasteful. I really hate that expression.

Demi Moore

HateBecomeExpressionReally

With a hardcover, you get two chances, a year apart, for the book to make an impact - often with a new cover featuring artfully crafted snippets of reviews, a new marketing campaign and maybe even a new publisher.

Christina Baker Kline

BookImpactYearYouMarketingNew

Most of the American skyjackers who fled abroad eventually elected to return to the United States, having tired of life on the lam. These homecomings typically involved prearranged surrenders to the FBI, in the hopes of earning lenient sentences.

Brendan I. Koerner

LifeTiredAmericanEarningReturn

Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest.

Pope Paul VI

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