Alex Kapranos Quotes

Cinema, which is influenced by every single part of life, is direct and reaches you immediately. And writing - the best writing is complex ideas communicated concisely. And music - if it's a good tune, make sure people can bloody hear it.

Alex Kapranos

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As a Midlander and a big walker, I'd always loved ridge and furrow fields, the plough-marked land as it was when it was enclosed. It is the landscape giving you a story of lives that ended with the arrival of sheep.

Jim Crace

StoryLovedGivingLandscapeSheep

Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors early on. As a kid, my mother used to take me to see really interesting arty films in Los Angeles.

Jodie Foster

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Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men - bring them softness, teach them how to cry.

Joan Baez

WomenBestMenTryingCryTry

I don't condone racism. I don't condone prejudice.

John Schnatter

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As an actress I feel that if you start to impose your own inhibitions, then you are not doing your job.

Sienna Miller

JobStartFeelDoingYouOwn

I lost myself, and a lot of characters I played, I have latched onto some of their identities just because I was so lacking in anything of my own.

Christian Slater

MyselfLostJust BecauseMy OwnOwn

Being an activist is about getting things done. It's not about standing around shaking your fist in anger.

Christine Quinn

AngerDoneStandingThingsBeing

I was never much of a musical theater guy, but I have so much more respect for the art form, the physical exertion of doing eight shows on Broadway a week, I cannot even fathom it.

Chris Pine

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There are a lot of different beliefs for tightening up your core. I think just being conscious of it and being aware to engage your muscles will help any woman's tummy get in shape.

Brooke Burke

WomanThinkHelpWillEngageShape

In the history of comics and movies and music too, it's always when things are at their bottomed-out, either creatively or financially, there's more chance-taking going on.

Brian Michael Bendis

MusicHistoryMoviesMoreAlways

I write because it's my way of finding cool ideas, thinking through hard problems and things I don't understand, and getting better at something.

Atul Gawande

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I like to think I'm writing in the tradition of Raymond Chandler, although I don't ape his style.

William Lashner

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