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Whit Stillman Quotes

I have to embrace the fact people find me divisive, but I find it remarkable. I was very disturbed by the hatred 'Damsels in Distress' received.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: american
Birth: January 25, 1952

Topics

People Me Find Embrace Hatred Fact

My Portuguese uncle had a Portuguese version of a ukulele. The family would pull it out after dinner and play Portuguese folk songs on it. I couldn't wait for him to finish so I could get my hands on it. I was seven or eight years old. And he used to have a Fender amp in his house and an electric guitar. I would spend hours making sounds.

Family Wait Dinner Guitar Hands Out

I'm a poet first and foremost, before the modelling.

First Poet Before Modelling Foremost

I see a lot of athletes that don't really use social media, or they're saying the same stuff. I kind of wanted to change the game.

Change Social Media Saying Game Kind

The most powerful Vietnam movie, to me, was 'The Deer Hunter,' which was more about what happened to the folks who went and about their relationships.

Me Powerful Relationships Deer More

Much as banks don't care where your money's coming from, the Electoral College is all 'don't ask, don't care' when it comes to votes.

Money College Care Ask Coming Where

I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to those whose interests in good government is less.

Good Government People Will Mean

Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers.

American Enjoy Being Some Native

Free speech has remained a quintessential American ideal, even as our society has moved from the ink quill to the touch screen.

Society Free American Speech Touch

Our entire political system is financed by wealthy private interests buying politicians and making sure the rules are written in their favor.

Michelle Alexander

Political Rules Politicians Buying

It's street theater. You have to make it entertaining so people don't get bored and walk away.

Walk People You Street Bored Get

I've been on projects before where there's no rehearsal, and you walk in on set and that's literally the first time you've ever played the character, and then I've had times where there's been three weeks of rehearsal. I like both.

Josh Hutcherson

Character Time Walk You Three First

It's been really hard to watch the news of this Anonymous and LulzSec stuff because most of what they do - defacing Web sites and running denial-of-service attacks - is not serious. It's really just nuisance.

Dmitri Alperovitch

News Serious Hard Watch Web Stuff

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